Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 296: Āgrayaṇaman̄jūṣā University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 296: Āgrayaṇaman̄jūṣā 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 © 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 internal colophon (f. 14v-15r); secondary title Āgrayaṇanirṇaya from final colophon. Written in 1 lines per leaf. 16 leaves foliated 1-15, [16], upper left and lower right verso. Internal colophon: iti śrīgaruḍopanāmakagovindadaivajñaviracitāgrapaṇamaṃjūpāsamāptā // śrīgurucaraṇaujayataḥ // śake 1802 vikramābde āśvīnakṛṣṇapakṣe 2 ṣudhau likhite 'yaṃ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // śrī // (f. 14v-15r). Dated śaka 1802 (1880) (f. 15r). Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 296 9959184773503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/830002919 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5918477 Manuscript is a kind of manual outlining the rules and regulations (Hindu law, Dharma) governing the performance of the opening of the offering of soma or fruit during a Vedic Agniṣṭoma sacrifice. Last part of the text, the Āgrayaṇanirṇaya, outlines the completion of the rite. In Sanskrit Āgrayaṇaman̄jūṣā आग्रयणमञ्जूषा Govinda Daivajña Garuḍa

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 1 item (16 leaves) : 11 x 20 cm Soma Homa (Rite) Rites and ceremonies--India Hindu priests Manuals (instructional materials) Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--19th century