Lakṣahomapaddhati, circa 1700-1850; लक्षहोमपद्धति,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a manual or handbook on religious law (dharma) to be consulted by a priest, outlining rules (religious laws) for the performance of fire sacrifices and prayers offered to the planets.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Formerly owned by NaulI Viṭhala (f. 24v).; Viṭhala, NaulI, former owner.

Subject:

Dharma; Hindu law; Sacrifice -- Hinduism; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Planets; Planets -- Aeronautics; Planets -- Age; Planets -- Core; Planets -- Density; Planets -- Mantles; Planets -- Mass; Planets -- Radiation; Planets -- Rotation; Planets -- Seasons; Planets -- Transits; Planets -- Wind erosion; Planets -- Winds; Hindu astrology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (24 leaves) : paper; 9 x 22 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 24v).; Written in 7-11 lines per leaf.; 24 leaves foliated 1-24, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti lakṣahomapaddhatiḥ samāptā // veṃkaṭeśārpaṇam astu // (f. 24v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant numbers, syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double black or red line. Some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect manuscript from insects.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1646

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts