Cāturmāsyaprayoga, 1790; चातुर्मास्यप्रयोग,१७९०

Contributor:

Upāsani, Satyabhāmā (scribe)

Date:

1790

Description:

Manuscript employed as a manual for priests performing rites and ceremonies for a set of three sacrifices performed at the beginning of each cycle (season) of four months (cāturmāsya) of the year.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Vyaṅkaṭeśa Śarmaṇa.; Śarmaṇa, Vyaṅkaṭeśa, former owner.

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Purity, Ritual -- Hinduism; Seasons -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Ancestor worship -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (75 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 74v).; Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.; 75 leaves foliated 1-74, [i], upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti cāturmāsya prayogaḥ // saṃvat 18[4]7 kharanāmasaṃvatsare śuciśuklapakṣena vamyāṃtithau maumavāsareṇa lavakṣetre upāsanyupanāmakasatyabhāmayā likhitaṃ // vyaṃkaṭeśaśarmaṇe putrāya idaṃ pustakaṃ dattaṃ (f. 74v).; Dated saṃvat 1847 (1790) (f. 74v); manuscript has what appears to be a "4" written over a "7," but the date could also be saṃvat 1877 (1820).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Accents in red throughout.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 122

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts