Pavitreṣṭiprayoga, circa 1650-1799; पवित्रेष्टिप्रयोग,१६५०-१७९९

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1650

Description:

Manual for performing rites related to the Vedic fire sacrifice, including the associated, rules, dharma, and laws, for use by a priest. Work is a prayaścita, a name also referring to the rite meant to help purify someone after making a miscalculation or other incursion.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Dharma; Rites and ceremonies; Purity, Ritual -- Hinduism; Purity, Ritual -- Hinduism -- Early works to 1800; Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts -- Early works to 1800; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India -- Early works to 1800; Hindu law -- Early works to 1800; Hindu law; Dharma -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).; Written in 11 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti pavitreṣṭiprayogaḥ // (f. 2v).; 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.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts