Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts
by Rajendralala Mitra | 1871 | 921,688 words
These pages represent a detailed description of Sanskrit manuscripts housed in various libraries and collections around the world. Each notice typically includes the physical characteristics, provenance, script, and sometimes even summaries of the content of the Sanskrit manuscripts. The collection helps preserve and make accessible the vast herit...
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175 A'svalayana-brahmana-panchika, alias Aitareya Brahmana. This is an imperfect MS. containing only the 5 th Book. Professor Haug has published an edition of the text together with an English translation. Beginning. visva vai deva devatastrtomaharvahanti saptadasasloma vai rupam sama jagatoccha ndo yathadevatametena yathastomam yathasama yathavandasam ranati | vai End. yajnasya devata sendrameva tadudgitham karotindro vai yajna indro yajna indranmanaga- dindravantastudhvamityevainamstadaha tadaha | Colophon. ityasvalayanabrahmanasya pancamapancikayam visayah | samapta | pancamo'dhyayah | pancamapancika 1 adhyaye, dvadasahasya tatiyacaturthihakarttavyavacanam | 2, pancamasasthahakartta- vyaktih | 3, saptamastamahakrtyavacanam | 4, navamaha krtyastastha sadahadatyadi- kathanam | 5, prayascittahomakathanam || No. 769. asvalayanagtakarika | Substance, country paper, 920 X 42 inches. Folia, 26. Lines, 11 on a page. Extent, 780 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date ? Place of deposit, Calcutta, Asiatic Society. Appearance, old. Verse. Generally correct. Asvalayana-grihya-karika. Memorial verses containing the rules of the Grihya Sutra of Asvalayana. The MS. is defective at the end and the author's name cannot be ascertained. Contents : Technical terms; sthalipaka ; the rites after conception, &c. ; sacrifice to Vaisvadeva ; the sandhya prayers; Upakarma or putting on of new sacrificial thread, &c. in the month of Sravana; offerings to the manes; vastuhoma, &c. Beginning. asvalayanamacaryam natva tadgrhyakarmanam | End. visayah | prayogam vacmi kesancidu vrttikaradibhasitam || ( khanditatvat sesavakyam nasti ) | sarvakarmmasadharanaparibhasa, sthalipakakathanam, garbhadhanadisamskaroktih, bali- vaisvadevadikathanam, sandhyopasanopakarmadikathanam pidhayajnah, ksetrakarsanavastu- karmadikathananca ||