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Svapnādhyāyastotra, circa 1700-1850. = स्वप्नाध्यायस्तोत्र, १७००-१८५०.

Author/Creator:
Br̥haspati.
Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 687
Status/Location:
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Subjects:
Divination.
Astronomy.
India.
Hindu astronomy.
Hindu astrology.
Astronomy -- India.
Divination -- India.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Form/Genre:
Commentaries.
Hymns.
Diagrams.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is a kind of treatise, commentary, and hymn (stotra) about the Svapnādhyāya or Dream chapter, a section of supplemental Vedic literature (Pariśiṣṭa) that highlights the ritual performances related to the hymns of the Atharva Veda; text deals with astrological subjects and especially divination. There is a flower diagram (yantra) with Sanskrit characters on the leaves, on the front cover (f. 1r).
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.
2 leaves.
Colophon: iti śrīvṛhasyatikṛtaṃ svapādhyāyastotre sapūrṇaṃm śubham astu (f. 2v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
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 5234 (UP 687).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 687
OCLC:
864303988