Details

Standardized Title:

Aranyakas. Aitareyāraṇyaka. Selections.

Subjects:

Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu mantras.
Hindu gods.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

A small section of the Aitareya forest book (āraṇyaka), often reflective and philosophical (containing upaniṣads), called Peace of man, and containing mantras to Hindu deities and used in pacifying rituals and prayers.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2r).
Written in 5-7 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ity naraśāntiḥ ity aitareyāraṇyakaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 2r).
Dated saṃvat 1893 (1836) (f. 2r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 162 (UP 1257).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1257

OCLC:

905010221