Āgrayaṇaman̄jūṣā, 1880; आग्रयणमञ्जूषा, १८८०

Name:

Govinda Daivajña Garuḍa

Date:

1880

Description:

Manuscript is a kind of manual outlining the rules and regulations (Hindu law, Dharma) governing the performance of the opening of the offering of soma or fruit during a Vedic Agniṣṭoma sacrifice. Last part of the text, the Āgrayaṇanirṇaya, outlines the completion of the rite.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Soma; Homa (Rite); Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu priests

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); manuals (instructional materials); treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (16 leaves) : paper; 11 x 20 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from internal colophon (f. 14v-15r); secondary title Āgrayaṇanirṇaya from final colophon.; Written in 1 lines per leaf.; 16 leaves foliated 1-15, [16], upper left and lower right verso.; Internal colophon: iti śrīgaruḍopanāmakagovindadaivajñaviracitāgrapaṇamaṃjūpāsamāptā // śrīgurucaraṇaujayataḥ // śake 1802 vikramābde āśvīnakṛṣṇapakṣe 2 ṣudhau likhite 'yaṃ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // śrī // (f. 14v-15r).; Dated śaka 1802 (1880) (f. 15r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 296

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts