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Kalpasūtras
References - Mss.-A - Aufrecht's Catalogus Catalogorum:-i, 274a;
ii, 59a. B - Descriptive Catalogues :- R. Mitra, Notices
No. 4180; Cal. Sans. Coll. Cat. Vol. I.
नक्षत्रसत्रहोत्र
Naksatrasatra hautra
413 No. 273
1883-84 Size - 94 in. by 5} in. Extent - 16 leaves; 12 lines to a page; 25 letters to a line. Description - Country paper; Devanāgari characters; not very old in
appearance; handwriting bold, clear, legible and uniform; borders ruled in triple red lines; red pigment used for marking the portion; fol. 1 torn; folios numbered in right-hand margins only; complete.
Age -- Does not appear to be very old
Author - Not mentioned
Subject - On the duties of the Hotę priest in the Nakşatrești sacrifice.
Begins -- fol. 10
श्रीग(ज)पतये नमः॥ अथ नक्षत्रसत्रहोत्र ॥ होता सामीधेनीपटनकाले ॥ आवपेत् ॥ शोचिषकेश
स्तमोमहो ३ स्वारुहाषस्य श्रियो दृशे रयिवीरवतो यथा ॥ etc. Ends - fol. 164
सूक्त वा० अग्निरिद ५० सोम इद० अग्निः पथिकृत इद० त । देवा भाज्य० इत्यंतं प्रकृतिवत् ।। इति पाथिकृतीष्टिः ॥ इति नक्षत्रसत्रहोत्रं समाप्त
॥छ । Reference - Mss. - Aufrecht's Catalogus Catalogorum :- 1, 2749%;
ii, 590.
