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Agnihotrahomaprayoga
ms_coll_390item_104 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
Agnihotrahomaprayoga is a priest manual for performing Agnihotra sacrificial rituals. It is a vedic fire ritual performed during sunrise and sunset which involves various ingredients like rice, ghee etc. Bestowed in the fire in a copper pyramid shaped vessel along with chanting of mantras. The ritual is belived to purify the enviroment and have a positive impact on mental and emotional health. This Ms. is written in 7 lines per folio. Cover and back page are blank. Author Toro Rudradeva son of Toro Narasiṃha present in colophon (f. 43a). Mistakes are covered with yellow or blacked out. Some corrections in the margins. Significant syllables and words rubbed with orange powder for highlighting. The Ms. is dated saṃvat 1871 (1814) in the dark half of Phalguna (February-March) in (f. 43a) along with author Toro Rudradeva.
Śrīmadagnivikṛtiśāṃtiprayoga
ms_coll_390item_152 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
Śrīmadagnivikṛtiśāṃtiprayogaḥ is a priest manual for performing rituals to ward off diseases and sickness or simply pacification of problems. This Ms. is written in 9 lines per folio. Title present in colophon (f.2b). There are double black vertical margins on each side of the folio. Mistakes are blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins.
Agnisthāpanavidhi
ms_coll_390item_182 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
Agnisthāpanavidhi is a priest manual for construction and installation of fires to be used for various Vedic rituals from deciding the location of fire to starting it. This Ms. is incomplete as it lacks a begining. This ms. is written in 11-13 lines per folio. Back page is blank. Title is present in colophon (f. 17a). There are double black vertical margins on each side of the folio. Mistakes are covered with yellow or blacked out. Some corrections in the margins. The Ms. dated 1782 Śaka Saṃvata (1860 CE, Wednesday, 16 May, )1912 Vikrama Saṃvata (1855 CE) in (f. 17b) along with scribe Viṣnudatta Dvijavara Lohanupādhyāya. There is a minor text of five lines written by a second hand at the end of the manuscript called Yajñāntagodāna.
Agniṣṭoma brāhmaṇācchaṃsī prayoga
ms_coll_390item_1307 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
Agniṣṭoma brāhmaṇācchaṃsī prayoga is a manual for performing Vedic Agniṣṭoma ritual which involves offering of soma to various deities. This text is particularly for a Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin priest who is an assistant to the Hotṛ priest as they are multiple priests involved during the ritual. Agniṣṭoma is considered as a foundation for other soma rituals. The ritual is performed for spiritual and material well-being. This Ms. is written in 11–13 lines per folio. Title is present in the begining (f. 2b). There are double black vertical margins on each side of the folio. Mistakes are blacked out.
Agniṣṭomādisaptasaṁsthā
ms_coll_390item_52 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
Agniṣṭomādisaptasaṁsthā is a manual for performing Agniṣṭoma sacrifice along with other Vedic rituals a total of seven as the title suggests to be offered to the Vedic deities. Agniṣṭoma is the foundational ritual followed by Atyagniṣṭoma, Ukthya, Ṣoḍaśī, Atirātra, Vājapeya and Aptoryāma which specifically structured variations. They are considered to be part of larger category of Śrauta fire rituals. This Ms. is written in 7 lines per folio. Cover page contains title in red which has faded. There are marginal additions and corrections. There are metrical accents present in red. The double Pūrṇavirāma (full stop) style vertical brackets are also in red. Some folios have turned yellow.
Agniṣṭomamaitrāvaruṇaprayoga
ms_coll_390item_75 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
Agniṣṭomamaitrāvaruṇaprayoga is a manual for performing Vedic Agniṣṭoma sacrificial ritual which involves offering of soma to various deities. Maitrāvaruṇa hotṛ priests. This text is particularly for a Maitrāvaruṇa hotṛ priest who is tasked with reciting hymns and mantras for Vedic deities Mitra and Varuṇa. They are multiple priests involved during the ritual. Agniṣṭoma is considered as a foundation for other soma rituals. The ritual is performed for spiritual and material well-being. This Ms. is written in 9 lines per folio. Cover and back page contain title. Titli present in the begining (f. 1b). There are double red vertical margins on each side of the folio. Mistakes are covered with yellow or blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins. Significant syllables and words rubbed with orange powder for highlighting. The Ms. is dated saṃvat 1857 (1800) śake 1722 (1800) in the cyclical year named Prajāpati, in the dark half of the month of Caitra (March-April), the Aṣṭamī day, on Induvāsara (Monday) in (f. 20a) along with scribe Śivarāma Bhaṭṭaḍhekara.
Agniṣṭoma prayoga
ms_coll_390item_1324 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
Agniṣṭoma prayoga is a manual for performing Vedic Agniṣṭoma ritual which involves offering of soma to various deities. The soma is considered as a sacred and powerfull drink also drank in moderate amounts by the priest during the ritual. Agniṣṭoma is considered as a foundation for other soma rituals. The ritual is performed for spiritual and material well-being. This Ms. lacks an ending. This Ms. is written in 10 lines per folio. Cover page contains title. Mistakes are covered with yellow or blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins. Significant syllables and words rubbed with orange powder for highlighting. There are metrical accents present in red.
Agniṣṭome brāhmaṇāchaṃsī prayoga
ms_coll_390item_23 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
Agniṣṭome brāhmaṇāchaṃsī prayoga is a manual for performing Vedic Agniṣṭoma ritual which involves offering of soma to various deities. This text is particularly for a Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin priest who is an assistant to the Hotṛ priest as they are multiple priests involved during the ritual. Agniṣṭoma is considered as a foundation for other soma rituals. The ritual is performed for spiritual and material well-being. The ritual is performed against one's enemies. This Ms. is written in 9 lines per folio. There are double red vertical margins on each side of the folio. Mistakes are blacked out or over written. There are marginal corrections and additions.
Agnisūkta
ms_coll_390item_3046 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
Agnisūkta is a sūkta of the Ṛgveda dedicated to Agni the deity of fire. The Ṛgveda consists of ten maṇdalas which contain many sūktas each sūkta is dedicated to a deity and written by a single Ṛṣi (sage). This Ms. is written in 11 lines per folio. There are double black vertical margins on each side of the folio. Mistakes are covered with yellow or blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins. Verse numbers are rubbed with orange powder for highlighting. Vedic vowel metrics are in red.
Agnivisarjanamantra
ms_coll_390item_2560 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī & Gujarātī/ Mahājanī
Agnivisarjanamantra is a manual for performing post-Vedic fire rituals which are initiated by chanting incantations and mantras. This text is used in Visarjanas (last rites) of a person before and during the cermony. This Ms. is written in 9–11 lines per folio. Cover page is blank. Title present in colophon (f. 11b). Mistakes are blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins. Gujarati text written on the back of manuscript
Āgrayaṇamañjūṣā
ms_coll_390item_296 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
Āgrayaṇamañjūṣā is a manual for performing Vedic Agniṣṭoma rituals which involves offering of soma to various deities. The last part of the text called Āgrayaṇanirṇaya. Āgrayaṇa is a vedic ritual performed for good harvest. It is sometimes performed after the Agniṣṭoma ritual. This Ms. is written in 9 lines per folio. Cover and back page are blank. Title present in internal colophon (f. 14b–15a). Secondary title Āgrayaṇanirṇaya present in final colophon. Mistakes are covered with yellow or blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins. Significant syllables and words rubbed with orange powder for highlighting. The Ms. is dated in (f.15a).
Āhnikācāratattva
ms_coll_390item_305 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Tirhutā or Bāṅglā.
Āhnikācāratattva is a part of a larger work on Dharmaśāstra called the Smṛtitattva. The text is a manual for various domestic purification rituals. It aims to integrate daily life with spiritual practice. This Ms. contains a table of contents in the first two folios. There are 4 loose folios in the end. This Ms. is written in 6-8 lines per folio. Title present in colophon (f. 97b). Mistakes are covered with yellow or blacked out. Some corrections in the margins. Some folios are treated with yellow turmeric powder. Scribe is mentioned Paradevatā Ārya along with former owner Pūrnnānanda Śarmmaṇ in (f. 96b). The Ms. was Formerly housed with Ms. Coll. 390, Item 306 according to penn cataloguer.