Details

Subjects:

Vedas -- Recitation.
Vedas.
Gods, Vedic.
Hindu mantras.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is a Hindu quasi-philosophical treatise that praises the Vedas and Vedic gods and connects them with philosophical ideas about the oneness and unity of things with the ultimate principle in the universe, the brahman.

Notes:

Title from notes on wrapper from time of sale.
Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
13 leaves foliated 22-34, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.

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 594 (UP 1215).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1215

OCLC:

904024859