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Adbhutaśānti, circa 1700-1850. = अद्भुतशान्ति, १७००-१८५०.

Author/Creator:
Baudhāyana.
Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 22 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1338
Status/Location:
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Subjects:
Vedas. Atharvaveda.
Earthquakes -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu law.
Dharma.
Form/Genre:
Texts.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is probably from the Baudhāyanasūtra of Baudhāyana and is a manual including rules, laws, and procedures according to the Atharvaveda tradition that are often employed at the time of natural disasters such as earthquakes.
Notes:
Title from incipit (f. 1r).
Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ity ataśāṃtayaḥ // (f. 4r).
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 3243 (UP 1338).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1338.
OCLC:
908392658