Details

Standardized Title:

Vedas. R̥gveda. Saurasūkta.

Subjects:

Sūrya (Hindu deity).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Gods, Vedic.
Vedic literature.

Form/Genre:

Hymns.
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgari)

Summary:

Ṛgvedic hymns dedicated to the Vedic deity Sūrya, the sun, transmitted as an independent text of praise to be employed in personal or public meditation and prayer.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 10v).
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; marginal notes and corrections; double vertical red lines delineate margins; accented in red.
Colophon: iti saurasūktaḥ samāptaḥ // saṃvat 1930 jyeṣṭhaśuddha 14 iṃduvāra anurādhābhesamāpatm idam // (f. 10v).
Dated saṃvat 1930 (1873) (f. 10v).

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 32 (UP 15).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 15

OCLC:

155918854