Agniṣṭoma prayoga, circa 1700-1850; अग्निष्टोम प्रयोग,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manual, including laws, regulations, and guidelines, for various officiating priests (adhvara) performing the Vedic rites of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice, including parts for recitation. Manuscript is incomplete.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu law; Dharma

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Texts; Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (17 leaves) : paper; 12 x 26 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from note on cover page (f. 1r).; Written in 10 lines per leaf.; 17 leaves foliated 1-14, 14-16, upper left and lower right verso.; Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāyanamaḥ // goviṃdaśeṣasudhiyāśeṣayajn̄e śasūnunā / (f. 1r).; Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; significant phrases or numbers highlighted in red; metrical accents to aid in recitation in red throughout most of the manuscript.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts