Adhānaprayoga, circa 1700-1850; आधानपद्धतिप्रयोग,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Satyāṣāḍha

Date:

1700

Description:

Manual for use by Vedic priests pertaining to the guidelines (including laws and dharma) for setting up the three sacred fires that surround the fire altar (vedi).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu law; Dharma

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (52 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate titles Adhānapaddhati prayoga and Agnyādhānapaddhati prayoga supplied by cataloger.; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; 52 leaves foliated 1-52, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double red lines.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1308

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts