Agnivisarjanamantra, circa 1700-1850.
अग्निविसर्जनमन्त्र

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Homa (Rite).

Vedāṅgas.

Agni (Hindu deity).

Agni.

Hindu mantras.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (11 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 27 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2560

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manual and collection of Visarjana mantras for performing a post-Vedic ritual; considered part of the Vedāṅga group of late Vedic homa (fire) rituals. Gujarati text written on the back of manuscript (f. 11v).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 11v).

Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.

11 leaves foliated 1-11, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: ity agnivisarjanamaṃtraḥ // (f. 11v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 396 (UP 2560).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2560.

OCLC:

970693391