Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Āśvalāyanagr̥hyasūtra.

Vāstuśāntiprayoga, 1816.

1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm.

Manual including rules of dharma and associated laws for use during the performance of Vedic rites and ceremonies with respect to the creation of sacred spaces, houses, and the like; concerned with appeasing especially domestic deities residing in or presiding over these spaces.

Title from colophon (f. 3v).

Written in 10 lines per leaf.

3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: ity āśvalāyanagṛhyasūtrānusārīvāstuśāṃtiprayogaḥ // (f. 3v).

Scribe is Bhāskara Dāḍekara (f. 3v)

Dated śaka 1738 (1816) (f. 3v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.

Watermarks with a crest and the initials G and M below it.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1337.

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1337

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

वास्तुशान्तिप्रयोग, १८१६.