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MS. Sansk. d. 1

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Āpastaṃbīya Saṃskāraprayoga, 18th cent. ?

Contents

A manual of domestic ceremonies, based on the Āpastambīya Gṛhya Sūtra

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: śrīvedavyāsāya namaḥ ‖ avighnam astu ‖ atha agnikha ucyate ‖ yatra kvacāgnim upasamādhāsyaṃt syāt tatra ‖ prācīm udīcīś ca tisrostisro lekhā likhitvā adbhir avokṣyāgnim upasamiṃdhyād utsicyaitad udakam uttareṇa pūrveṇa vā anyad upadadhyād etad dhārye na vidyate ‖ &c.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: i + 24 + ii
Dimensions (binding): 27.9 × 14.0 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 18th cent. ?

probably beginning of the 18th century.

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. 1065, p. 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. 1065, p. 99

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