Āhnikaprayoga, 1822.

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vedas. R̥gveda. Gāyatrī.

Vedas.

Hinduism--Rituals--Texts.

Hinduism.

Hinduism--Rituals.

Genre:

Texts.

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (87 leaves) : palm leaf ; 3 x 16 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 82

Other Title:

Ṛgvedināṁ Madhyāhnasandhyāprayoga.

Place of Publication:

1822.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Bengali)

Summary:

Digest of rituals from various sources.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger. The first heading in the text reads "Ṛgvedināṁ Madhyāhnasandhyāprayoga." Cataloged in Poleman's Census by the phrase "iti Ṛgvedinām Āhnikaprayogaḥ," which doesn't seem to occur in the ms. Cataloged as "Āhnikaprayoga for Ṛgvedins" in New Catalogus Catalogorum. Title abbreviation on right margin of recto folios: śrād[dha?].

Written 2-4 lines per leaf on palm leaves.

Palm leaves strung together with a cord through center hole, with wooden covers. Ink fading on some leaves. Fading text written over in black ink on many folios, and in purple ink on some others. Marginal additions.

Begins, f. 2v: 1 śrīśrīkṛṣṇaḥ atha ṛgvedināṁ madhyāhnasandhyāprayogaḥ gāyatryā śikhāṁ vadhvācamya daśadhā gāyatrīṁ japtvā prathamaṁ kṛtāṅjaliḥ paṭhet oṁkārasya vrahma ṛṣir agnir devatā gā[f. 3r]yatrī chandaḥ sarvvakarmmārambhe viniyogaḥ

F. 19v: iti madhyāhnasandhyāprayogaḥ samāptaḥ atha prātaḥsandhyā

F. 25: iti prātaḥsandhyā atha sāyaṁ sandhyāprayogaḥ

F. 28v: iti sāyaṁ sandhyāprayogaḥ samāptaṁ [f. 29r, strung upside-down] atha śāpoddhāraḥ

F. 31: iti śāpoddhāraḥ atha vyākhyā

F. 32v: atha gāyatrīvar[ṇa?]nyāsaḥ

F. 39v: iti gāyatrīkalpaṁ samāptaṁ

F. 61r: iti tarpaṇavidhiḥ

F. 62r: iti śrīra[--]aghaṭīya[?]śrīraghunandanabhaṭṭācāryyaviracitaṁ tarpaṇavidhiḥ samāptaḥ

F. 68v: iti kṛtāṅjaliḥ atha śrīlāmāhātmyaṁ

F. 75r: iti brahmaviṣṇusamvāde vedavyāsaproktaṁ śilāmāhātmyaṁ samāptaṁ

F. 83r: iti skandapurāṇe harakumārasamvāde śālagrāmaśrīlālakṣaṇaṁ samāptaṁ

End of text illegible due to fading ink, f. 87r.

Colophon, f. 87v: iti japavidhānaḥ iti cāṁ 19 agrahāyaṇa śakābdāḥ 1744 sala 1229 sāla [ṅgjāhay?] idaṁ pustakaṁ sampūrṇaṁ śrīvāmaṇo[----] śarmmanaḥ idaṁ pustakaṁ svahastasya sā[---] śrī durgāyai namaḥ

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 3048 (UP 82).

Listed in V. Raghavan, ed., New Catalogus Catalogorum, vol. 2 (Madras, India: University of Madras, 1966), p. 240.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 82

OCLC:

406591672