Details

Standardized Title:

Vedas. Yajurveda. Kr̥ṣṇayajurveda (Taittirīyasaṃhitā). Āṣṭaka 2.

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 (Devanāgarī)

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:

Title from incipit (f. 1v).
Written in 17-18 lines per leaf.
52 leaves foliated 1-52, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu // saṃvat 1893 // cha // śrī // śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ // (f. 52v).
Dated saṃvat 1893 (1826) (f. 52v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
May have been housed at an earlier time with Item 2, Item 5, and Item 6.
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 76 (UP 3).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 3

OCLC:

771064683