Details

Subjects:

Vedas -- Recitation.
Vedas.
Soma.
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu law.
Dharma.

Form/Genre:

Texts.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Selections from Baudhāyana's Prayogasāra as compiled by Keśavasvāmin, and is a collection of rules and regulations (dharma or Hindu law) containing Vedic rites for use by Hotṛ priests; first part accented for recitation (f. 1r-3v); most of the manuscript is devoted to the Vājapeya, a work focusing on the Vedic elixir or drug soma, known as a drink taken before battle to enhance energy and strength.

Contents:

Potṛtvaprayoga (Part 1, f. 1r-3r)
Agnīdhraprayoga (Part 1, f. 3v)
Vājapeya (Part 2, f. 1-15).

Notes:

Title for manuscript from colophon for predominant work (f. 15v); title of other works Potṛtvaprayoga and Agnīdhraprayoga from internal colophons (Part 1, 3r and 3v respectively).
Written in 18 lines per leaf.
18 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1-3, (Part 2) 1-15, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti baudhāyanīyavājapeyaprayogaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 15v).
Dated śaka 1729 (1807) (f. 15r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line; metrical accents in red throughout first part (f. 1r-3v).
Manuscript is part of a group of manuscripts written by or under the direction of Sadāśiva, along with Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1276, Item 1279, Item 1280, Item 1281, Item 1282, Item 1283, Item 1284, Item 1285, Item 1286, Item 1287, Item 1288, Item 1289, Item 1292, Item 1293, Item 1295, Item 1296, Item 1297, Item 1298, Item 1299, and Item 1300.
Scribe is an unnamed student (f. 15r) of Sadāśiva, the son of Kāśinātha, a prolific scribe associated with many manuscripts in Ms. Coll. 390, University of Pennsylvania.

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 255, 299, and 397 (UP 1294).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1294.

Contributor:

Sadāśiva (Son of Kāśinātha), associated name.

Contains:

Potṛtvaprayoga.
Agnīdhraprayoga.

OCLC:

907823420