Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Raghunātha.

Agnihotrahomaprāyaścita, circa 1700-1850.

1 item (59 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 25 cm.

Manual of instructions, rules, and regulations (dharma, Hindu law) for a Hotṛ priest to perform fire rites (homa) and for correcting any transgressions or errors made.

Title from incipit (f. 1v).

Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.

59 leaves foliated 1-59, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: ity evaṃ raghunāthena prāyaścitakutūhale nirmite nitate haumyaprāyaścitavivecanaṃ sarvātmāśrīrāmalihitātabhdaktanārāyaṇa atrī // (f. 59r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant phrases written in red; vertical margins marked with double red line.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1305.

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1305

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

अग्निहोत्रहोमप्रायश्चित्त, १७००-१८५०.