Details

Subjects:

Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Agnihotra (Hindu rite).

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Son of Nārāyaṇabhaṭṭa (f. 8v)

Summary:

Short commentary on a section of the Āśvalāyanasūtra, a text dealing with śrauta rites such as agnihotra (Hindu fire sacrifice).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8v).
Written in 12-14 lines per leaf.
8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti nārāyaṇabhaṭṭopādhyāyasūtaśrotriyadāmodarabhaṭṭopādhyāyaviracite bhagavadāśvalāyanasūtravātparyavyākhyāpuraḥ sarahautrāloke tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 8v).
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 1281, Item 1282, Item 1283, Item 1284, Item 1285, Item 1286, Item 1287, Item 1288, Item 1289, Item 1292, Item 1293, Item 1294, Item 1295, Item 1296, Item 1297, Item 1298, Item 1299, and Item 1300.
Scribe is Sadāśiva, the son of Kāśinātha (f. 3v).
Dated śaka 1729 (1807) (f. 8v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red 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 204 (UP 1280).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1280.

Contributor:

Sadāśiva (Son of Kāśinātha), scribe.

OCLC:

908168592