Details

Standardized Title:

Vedas. Yajurveda. Kr̥ṣṇayajurveda (Taittirīyasaṃhitā). Āṣṭaka 5.

Other Title:

Paṅcamāṣṭaka.

Subjects:

Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Hindu mythology.

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials)
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgari)

Summary:

Vedic ritual text containing early examples of Hindu mythology and the procedures for building a great fire altar, animal sacrifices, and other kinds of rituals.

Notes:

Written 11-12 lines per leaf.
85 leaves foliated 1-48, 52-88, upper left and lower right verso.
Title from incipit (f. 1v); alternate title Paṅcamāṣṭaka from title page (f. 1r).
Accented in red. Mistakes covered by yellow, red, black. Some corrections and additions in margins.
May have been housed at an earlier time with Item 3, Item 5, and Item 6.

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 75 (UP 2).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2

OCLC:

399616618