Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Govinda Daivajña Garuḍa.

Āgrayaṇaman̄jūṣā, 1880.

1 item (16 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 20 cm.

Manuscript is a kind of manual outlining the rules and regulations (Hindu law, Dharma) governing the performance of the opening of the offering of soma or fruit during a Vedic Agniṣṭoma sacrifice. Last part of the text, the Āgrayaṇanirṇaya, outlines the completion of the rite.

Title from internal colophon (f. 14v-15r); secondary title Āgrayaṇanirṇaya from final colophon.

Written in 1 lines per leaf.

16 leaves foliated 1-15, [16], upper left and lower right verso.

Internal colophon: iti śrīgaruḍopanāmakagovindadaivajñaviracitāgrapaṇamaṃjūpāsamāptā // śrīgurucaraṇaujayataḥ // śake 1802 vikramābde āśvīnakṛṣṇapakṣe 2 ṣudhau likhite 'yaṃ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // śrī // (f. 14v-15r).

Dated śaka 1802 (1880) (f. 15r).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 296

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 296

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390

आग्रयणमञ्जूषा, १८८०.