Details

Other Title:

Agnyādhānapaddhati prayoga.

Subjects:

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)

Biography/History:

Author referred to as Hiraṇyakeśin in manuscript (f. 1r).

Summary:

Manual for use by Vedic priests pertaining to the guidelines (laws, dharma, and more) for setting up the three sacred fires that surround the fire altar (vedi).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 75r); alternate title Agnyādhānapaddhati prayoga supplied by cataloger.
Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
75 leaves foliated 1-75, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ity ādhānapaddhatiḥ samāptaḥ (f. 75v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red.

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 250 (UP 1306).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1306.

OCLC:

907935131