Cāturmāsyahautra, 1816; चातुर्मास्यहौत्र,१८१६

Date:

1816

Description:

Manuscript serves as a guidebook for priests performing the seasonal sacrifices and rituals marking the beginning of a new season.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu priests; Seasons -- Religious aspects -- 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:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 75v); alternate title Cāturmāsyādhvaryuprayoga from colophon (f. 75v).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 75 leaves foliated 1-75, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: ity aikāhikacātu[r]māsya hautraṃ samāptaṃ // śrīyajñanāṇyasannidhau cāturmāsya adhvaryuprayogasamāptaḥ // saṃvat 1873 mitiśrāvaṇe māse kṛṣṇapakṣe 7 vākhu - // śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ // śrīviśveśvarāya namaḥ // oṃ // śrīrāmakṛṣṇa - // (f. 75v).; Dated saṃvat 1873 (Thursday, 15 August 1816 A.D.) (f. 75).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 112

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts