Agnivisarjanamantra, circa 1700-1850; अग्निविसर्जनमन्त्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manual and collection of Visarjana mantras for performing a post-Vedic ritual; considered part of the Vedāṅga group of late Vedic homa (fire) rituals. Gujarati text written on the back of manuscript (f. 11v).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Homa (Rite); Vedāṅgas; Agni (Hindu deity); Hindu mantras; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (11 leaves) : paper; 13 x 27 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 11v).; Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.; 11 leaves foliated 1-11, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: ity agnivisarjanamaṃtraḥ // (f. 11v).; 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 2560

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts