MS. Sansk. d. 8

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Pitṛmedhikavidhānaprayoga, 19th cent.?

Summary of Contents: The Pitṛmedhikavidhānaprayoga, or the Pitṛmedhavidhāna, a manual of funeral rites according to one of the Taittirīya schools (Bhāradvāja?).

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: ‖ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ‖ atha pitṛmedhavidhānaṃ ‖ ‖ tad yathā ‖ deśakālau saṃkīrtya amukagotram amukaśarmāṇam āhitāgnim ācāryabhūtaṃ brāhmaṇaviduṣam imaṃ pretaṃ tretāgnibhir yajñapātraiś ca pitṛmedhasahitena brahmamedhena karmaṇā saṃskariṣya iti saṃkalpyāpa upaspṛśyāgnīn praṇayati ‖ atha jñātayaḥ keśān prakīrya keṣu śiraḥsu pāṃśūn āvapaṃte ‖ gārhapatyasya paścād dakṣiṇāgrān darbhān saṃstīrya teṣu pretaṃ dakṣiṇaśirasam agnim abhimukham adhaḥkṛtadakṣiṇapārśvaṃ ‖ sarvasya pratiśīvari bhūmis tvopastha ādhita | syonāsmai suṣadā bhava yachāsmai śarma saprathāḥ | iti saṃveśayati | gārhapatyāgārasya pūrvayā dvārā nihṛ [tya gārhapa sec. m.] tyāhavanīyayor aṃtare darbheṣv adhaḥkṛtadakṣiṇapārśvam āhavanīyābhimukhaḥ sarvasya pratiśīvarīti saṃveśayati adhvaryuḥ preiam anvārabhya āhavanīye sruvāhutiṃ juhoti | pare yuvāṃ saṃ pravato | &c.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: ii + 29 + ii

Dimensions (binding): 27.0 × 14.9 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 19th cent.?

probably written about a. d. 1850.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1886 through Dr. G. Thibaut, of Benares.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1064, pp. 98-99

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. 1064, pp. 98-99

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