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Saṃnyāsādīpikā, 1818. = संन्यासादीपिका, १८१८.

Author/Creator:
Śaivagāmīnāgnihotrī.
Publication:
1818.
१८१८.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (30 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 28 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 835
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Subjects:
Hindu law.
Dharma.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Agnihotra (Hindu rite).
Form/Genre:
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Biography/History:
Son of Śaivamādhavāgnihotrī (f. 30r-30v).
Summary:
Manuscript is used for study, recitation and consultation during the performance of different Hindu rites and rituals, possibly those related to the Agnihotra or fire ceremony, and the rules and regulations (Hindu law, Dharma) associated with them. Includes various mantras to be recited by a officiating priest (agnihotṛ) such as those ending, idam na mama.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 30v).
Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
30 leaves foliated 1-30, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti matparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmadjopālāśrasapūjyapādaparama[?]pākarākṣāsāditaparamānaṃdaikarasaśaivamādhavāgrihotrīsunaśaivagāmīnāgnihotrīviracitāsanyāsādīpikāsamāptāḥ // (f. 30r-30v).
Dated saṃvat 1875 (1818) (f. 30v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.
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 3185 (UP 835).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 835
OCLC:
883139309