Details

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)

Summary:

Manual (including the laws, regulations, and guidelines) for the Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin priest (an assistant to the Hotṛ priest) for his part in the Vedic Agniṣṭoma rites, including verses recited against one's enemies.

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 2v).
Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāyanamaḥ athāgniṣṭomo brāhmaṇācchaṃsīprayogaḥ // (f. 1r).
Mistakes blacked out; 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 264 (UP 1307).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1307.

OCLC:

908146373