Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1321: Pavitreṣṭiprayoga University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1321: Pavitreṣṭiprayoga are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2017 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from colophon (f. 2v). Written in 11 lines per leaf. 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1321 9963978983503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/908391972 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6397898 Manual for performing rites related to the Vedic fire sacrifice, including the associated, rules, dharma, and laws, for use by a priest. Work is a prayaścita, a name also referring to the rite meant to help purify someone after making a miscalculation or other incursion. In Sanskrit Pavitreṣṭiprayoga पवित्रेष्टिप्रयोग Colophon: iti pavitreṣṭiprayogaḥ // (f. 2v).

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 1 item (2 leaves) : 11 x 25 cm Purity, Ritual--Hinduism--Early works to 1800 Hinduism--Rituals--Texts--Early works to 1800 Rites and ceremonies--India--Early works to 1800 Hindu law--Early works to 1800 Dharma--Early works to 1800 Manuals (instructional materials) Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--17th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts--India--17th century Manuscripts--India--18th century