Small manuscript for consultation during the performance of rites and rituals. Manuscript is a guide book or manual for making offerings, gifts, oblations, and sacrifices to the Hindu deity Viṣṇu. Contains formulas for recitation.
Language:
Sanskrit
Provenance:
Manuscript was commissioned by Nānā Sāheb, possibly the same figure who later became a leader in the Indian rebellion against the British in 1857 A.D.; Nana Sahib, 1820?-1859?, former owner.
Son of Anantadeva and not the same as the 17th-century commentator of Patañjali named Anantadeva Anantabhaṭṭa.; Title from title colophon (f. 146r); alternate title Viṣṇuyāgaprayoga from back title page (f. 147v).; Written in 5 lines per leaf.; 147 leaves foliated 1-147, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmadāpadevasutā 'naṃtadevaviduṣākṛte viṣṇuyāgapaddhatiḥ samāptaḥ saṃvat 1904 bhādrapadavadya 5 somavāraśrīgopālakṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // hastākṣara līkhiṃ pustaka jagaṃnnāth āpājī pārakar rāṃjhekar mukām śrīkṣetrakāsī āsī saṃgama // he pustaka nānāsāheb yācī āse // (f. 146r-146v).; Dated saṃvat 1904 bhādrapadavadya 5 somavāra (Wednesday, 15 September 1847) (f. 146r).; Scribe is Jagannāth Āpājī Pārkar Rānjhekar who lived in Vāraṇasī (f. 146v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; a couple of significant syllables highlighted in red.; Folios 97-147 are written on blue, machine made European paper.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 107
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