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Grahayajñatraya, circa 1700-1850. = ग्रहयज्ञत्रय, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 23 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 185
Status/Location:
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Subjects:
Hindu astronomy.
Planets.
Planets -- Aeronautics.
Planets -- Age.
Planets -- Core.
Planets -- Density.
Planets -- Mantles.
Planets -- Mass.
Planets -- Radiation.
Planets -- Rotation.
Planets -- Seasons.
Planets -- Transits.
Planets -- Wind erosion.
Planets -- Winds.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Sacrifice -- Hinduism.
Puja (Hinduism).
Form/Genre:
Manuals (instructional materials)
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is a kind of manual or handbook to be consulted by a priest, outlining rules (religious laws) for the performance of three different kinds of fire sacrifices and prayers offered to the planets. Each sacrifice (Ayutahomapaddhati, Lakṣahoma, and Koṭihoma) is treated separately.
Contents:
(Part 1:) Ayutahomapaddhati
(Part 2:) Lakṣahoma
(Part 3:) Koṭihoma.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 5v).
Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.
5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti koṭihoma // vyalekhīdaṃ grahayajñatrayaṃ dhīrādhirājadhārmikālokaśrīmatpaṃḍitavalabhaḍrasūnājayatena // (f. 5r).
Scribe is Jayata, son of Valabhadra (f. 5v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line.
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 3330 (UP 185).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 185
Contributor:
Jayata, son of Valabhadra, scribe.
OCLC:
820003704