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MS. Mill 127

MSS. Mill

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Hotṛsamsthājapa, &c., A. D. 1780 & 19th cent.?

Contents

Four treatises on Vedic ritual

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper. That of 1, 3, and 4 is watermarked, and is European, but 2 seems native.
Extent: ii + 110 + ii
Dimensions (binding): 22.2 × 13.0 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: A. D. 1780 & 19th cent.?

2 and 4 are undated. The former probably belongs to the last half of the 18th century, the latter to the first half of the 19th. 3 is undated, but is by the same hand as 1, which is dated on f. 12v: śake 1702 ⟨1780⟩ śārvarīsaṃvatsare samāptim agamat |

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of William Hodge Mill were purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1849 and 1858.

MS. Mill 127(1) [fols 1]

Contents

The Hotṛsaṃsthājapa, a manual of rules for the hotr priest.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 127(2) [fols 14v-17v]

Contents

The Jyotiṣa, a Vedāṅga, in the Ṛk recension with thirty-six verses, arranged in seven sections.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Explicit: iti vedāṃgajyotiṣaṃ samāptaṃ |

MS. Mill 127(3) [fols 18v-65v]

Contents

Summary of Contents: The Baudhāyanadarśapūrṇamāsaprayoga, a practical manual for the performance of the New and Full Moon sacrifices according to the Śrauta Sūtra of Baudhāyana.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | oṃ | atha darśapūrṇamāsaprayogaḥ | uktānvādhānadine prātaragnihotraṃ hutvā keśaśmaśruloganakhāni vāpayitvā sapatnikaḥ snātvā kṛtanavanītābhyaṃjanaḥ kṛtāṃjanaś caikaviṃśatidarbhapiṃjūlaiḥ pavanaṃ kuryāt |
Explicit: upaviśya ātmane saṃpreṣyati | brāhmaṇāṃs tarpayitavai | tato ’gnīn parisamuhyālaṃkṛtyāgne nayetyādinopasthānaṃ kuryāt | ity Āśvalāyanopayogī Baudhāyanadarśapūrṇamāsaprayogaḥ samāptaḥ |

MS. Mill 127(4) [fols 66v]

Contents

The Aśvalāyana Gṛhya Sūtra, complete.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 869 (1–4), pp. 11-12

Availability

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Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 869 (1–4), pp. 11-12

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