Details

Subjects:

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Hindu mantras.
Vishnu (Hindu deity).
Siva (Hindu deity).

Form/Genre:

Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Collection of hymns and mantras to various Hindu and Vedic deities; includes partial hymns from the Ṛgveda: one to the cosmic man (puruṣa) and one to the deity Viṣṇu; contains mantras to Śiva.

Contents:

Puruṣasūkta [first 16 verses only]
Viṣṇusūkta [first section only]
Namaste astu bhagavan
[unidentified].

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Section title Puruṣasūkta from rubric (f. 1r); section title Viṣṇusūkta supplied by cataloger; section title Namaste astu bhagavan from manuscript (f. 4v).
Written in 6-8 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out, some corrections in margins, vertical margins marked with double red line, accents given throughout.
Non-Latin script record.

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 20 (UP 99).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 21, Item 99

Contains:

Vedas. R̥gveda. Selections
Puruṣasūkta.
Viṣṇusūkta.
Namaste astu bhagavan.

OCLC:

759123074