Sāvitrādiprayogavṛtti, circa 1650-1800; सावित्रादिप्रयोगवृत्ति,१६५०-१८००

Contributor:

Keśavasvāmin (attributed name)

Date:

1650

Description:

Manuscript is a manual and treatment of Vedic fire rites, especially pertaining to rules for preparing the sacrifice for Sāvitra (the sun).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Fire -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (17 leaves) : paper; 11 x 23 cm

Geographic Subject:

India; Sun -- Religious aspects; Sun

Rights:

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

Notes:

Twelfth-century A.D. lexographer and commentator.; Title from colophon (f. 17v); alternate title Sāvitrāgniprayoga from incipit (f. 1v); second alternate title Prayogasāra supplied by cataloger.; Written in 10 lines per leaf.; 17 leaves foliated 1-17, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti keśavasvāmikṛte sāvitrādiprayogavṛttau āruṇaketukasamāptaḥ // śubham astū (f. 17v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts