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Cayanaprayoga, 1814.
चयनप्रयोग

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1300
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Sanskrit
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Physical Description:
1 item (71 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1300
Place of Publication:
  • 1814.
  • १८१४.
Language Note:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Selection likely from Baudhāyana's Prayogasāra, and is a collection of rules and regulations (dharma or Hindu law) containing Vedic rites for use by a Hotṛ priests during the building (cayana) of the brick fire altars for use in public Śrauta sacrifices. Some parts marked in red for recitation.
Notes:
  • Title from title page (f. 1r).
  • Written in 9-14 lines per leaf.
  • 71 leaves foliated 1-71, upper left and lower right verso.
  • Colophon: iti baudhāyanavāsudevadIkṣitakṛtacayanapryogaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 71v).
  • Dated śaka 1736 (1814) (f. 4v).
  • 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 1294, Item 1295, Item 1296, Item 1297, Item 1298, and Item 1299.
  • Scribe is Sadāśiva, son of Kāśinātha (f. 71v).
  • 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; borders of front and back title pages marked with triple red lines.
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 229 (UP 1300).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1300.
OCLC:
907807537

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