Grahayajñatraya, circa 1700-1850; ग्रहयज्ञत्रय,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Jayata, son of Valabhadra (scribe)

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a kind of manual or handbook to be consulted by a priest, outlining rules (religious laws) for the performance of three different kinds of fire sacrifices and prayers offered to the planets. Each sacrifice (Ayutahomapaddhati, Lakṣahoma, and Koṭihoma) is treated separately.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu astronomy; 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; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Sacrifice -- Hinduism; Puja (Hinduism)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper; 10 x 23 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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Notes:

Table of contents: (Part 1:) Ayutahomapaddhati -- (Part 2:) Lakṣahoma -- (Part 3:) Koṭihoma.; Title from colophon (f. 5v).; Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.; 5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti koṭihoma // vyalekhīdaṃ grahayajñatrayaṃ dhīrādhirājadhārmikālokaśrīmatpaṃḍitavalabhaḍrasūnājayatena // (f. 5r).; Scribe is Jayata, son of Valabhadra (f. 5v).; Mistakes 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 Item 185

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts