Āśvalāyanaśrautasūtra Uttaraṣaṭka (Adhyāya 1-5)

Āśvalāyanaśrautasūtra Uttaraṣaṭka (Adhyāya 1–5 ) is is a Kalpaśāstra text used to perform various Vedic rituals, rites, ceremonies. It is a Smṛti text based on the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa of the Ṛgveda. It is part of the 6 Vedāṅgas (Imagined body parts of the Vedic texts in the form of a person that is Vedapuruṣa) which are listed as Chanda (Feet of the Vedas), Kalpa (Hands), Jyotiṣa (Eyes), Nirukta (Ears), Śikṣā (Nose), Vyākaraṇa (Mouth). The text is divided into 12 Adhyāyas (chapters). Uttaraṣaṭka is the 2nd part of the text which contains the last six chapters. This Ms. contains Adhyāya 1 from (f.1b–12b), Adhyāya 2 from (f.12b–27b), Adhyāya 3 from (f.27b–36b), Adhyāya 4 from (36b–44b), Adhyāya 5 is present incomplete from (45a–48b). This Ms. lacks an ending. This Ms. is written in 8 lines per folio. Cover page contains title enclosed in a ornamentally decorated frame with vines amnd flowers. Title also present in internal colophon (f. 44b). There are double or triple red vertical margins on each side of the folio. The text contains red metric accents. Mistakes are covered with yellow or blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins.