Āyuṣyahomavidhi

Metadata

Bundle No.

RE20233

Type

Manuscrit

Subject

Smārta, Prayoga, Homa

Language

Sanskrit

Creator

IFP and San Marga Trust

Date Created

2009-2010

Source

Institut Français de Pondichéry

License

Key

manuscripts_005591

Manuscript No.

RE20233b

Title Alternate Script

आयुष्यहोमविधि

Subject Description

Language

Script

Type

Manuscript

Material

Condition

Damaged

Folios in Text

1

Folio Range of Text

7a - 7b

Lines per Side

4 - 6

Folios in Bundle

39

Width

3.5 cm

Length

36.8 cm

Bundle No.

RE20233

Miscellaneous Notes

This text describes the method, which is adopted in performing āyuṣyahoma, which protects life of man from danger. According to the colophon this is said to have been enjoined by śaunaka. But there is the expression "kārikāratnāyuṣyahomavidhiḥ" on the margin and at the beginning of the text

Manuscript Beginning

atha kārikāratnāyuṣyahomavidhiḥ। triguṇīkṛtapūrvābhiraktābhiḥ payasā saha। dodhmā ca madhunā caiva juhuyāt[।]

Manuscript Ending

ekāya jātavedasyā[a] hutvā sviṣṭakṛtaṃ tataḥ। homaśeṣaṃ samāpyātha brāhmaṇārtha……jayettataḥ। svastivācya dvijāgrebhyo dhenu[ṃ] dadyācca dakṣiṇām। iti śaunī[nakīya]āyuṣyahomavidhi॥

Catalog Entry Status

Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

488.2

Key

manuscripts_005591

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Cite as

Āyuṣyahomavidhi, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 12th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/383820