Ādhānahautra, circa 1700-1850; आधानहौत्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manual, with associated rules, laws, and dharma, for use by a Hotṛ priest for performing kindling rites for various Vedic sacrificial fires.

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 (5 leaves) : paper; 10 x 23 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 5r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: athādhānahautraṃ // (f. 5r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1320

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts