Sāvitrāṇi juhoti, 1700-1850; सावित्राणिजुहोति,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Vedic ritual text containing early examples of Hindu mythology and the procedures for building a great fire altar, animal sacrifices, and other kinds of rituals.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hinduism -- Rituals; Hindu mythology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (85 leaves) : paper; 24 x 11 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Written 11-12 lines per leaf.; 85 leaves foliated 1-48, 52-88, upper left and lower right verso.; Title from incipit (f. 1v); alternate title Paṅcamāṣṭaka from title page (f. 1r).; Accented in red. Mistakes covered by yellow, red, black. Some corrections and additions in margins.; May have been housed at an earlier time with Item 3, Item 5, and Item 6.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgari)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts