Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1352: Pavamānahomavidhi University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1352: Pavamānahomavidhi 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; alternate title Pavamānahomaprayoga from incipit (f. 1r). Written in 9-10 lines per leaf. 7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1352 9963983133503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/908401476 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6398313 Manual guiding a priest in the rules and laws of dharma associated with the Vedic fire rites (homa) associated with this sacrifice to Pavamāna, an agent of purification, usually associated with the Vedic god and drug known as Soma. In Sanskrit Pavamānahomavidhi पवमानहोमविधि Śaunaka Colophon: iti śaunakoktaḥ pavamānahomavidhiḥ // (f. 7).

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 1 item (7 leaves) : 9 x 21 cm Homa (Rite) Fire--Religious aspects--Hinduism Soma (Hindu deity) Soma Hinduism--Rituals--Texts Rites and ceremonies--India Hindu law Dharma Manuals (instructional materials) Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century