Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Sūtasaṃhitā. Yajñavaibhavakhaṇḍa. Selections.

Subjects:

Forgiveness of sin.
Hinduism.
Atonement (Hinduism).
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Agnihotra (Hindu rite).
Forgiveness of sin -- Hinduism.

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript employed for private reflection, concerning the secrets of expiation and atonement (prāyaścitta) and the proper rites and rituals, such as fire sacrifice, to achieve these goals (such as the removal of sin or pāpa).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4v).
Written in 12 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrī skaṃdapurāṇe sūtasaṃhitāyāṃ yajñavaibhavakhaṃḍe dvicatvāriṃśodhyāyaḥ // 42 // śrīsāṃbasadāśivārpaṇam astu // (f. 4v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Non-Latin script record.

Cited in:

Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 1510 (UP 2274).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2274

OCLC:

801654800