Sāvitrakāṭhakacayanaprayoga, circa 1742; सावित्रकाठकचयनप्रयोग, १७४२

Date:

1742

Description:

Manuscript is a collection of Vedic formulas and Sanskrit mantras employed in rituals for the building of the fire altar dedicated to the Vedic deity Sāvitrī (name of the sun).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Sāvitrī (Hindu deity); Hindu altars; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu mantras

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); manuals (instructional materials); prayers (compositions); Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (17 leaves) : paper; 10 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India; Sun -- Religious aspects; Sun

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 17v).; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; 17 leaves foliated 1-17, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti sāvitrakāṭhakacayanaprayogo baudhāyanīyaḥ // śake 1663 durmatau māghabahulanavamyāṃ sigipanibaṃtulya aṃhālubehadhaccalupa āvmadhaccemasvārthaṃ paropakṛtṛye ca bhūyāt // śrīrāma (f. 17v).; Dated śaka 1663 māghabahula 9 (Wednesday, 28 February 1742 A.D.) (f. 17v).; 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. 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 111

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts