Details

Subjects:

Vedas. R̥gveda.
Vedas -- Recitation.
Vedas.
Hindu mythology.
Indra (Hindu deity).
Vṛtra.
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Texts.
Hymns (documents)
Prayers.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Hymns from the Ṛgveda, with metrical accents for recitation and use in Vedic rites and ceremonies, celebrating and praising the Vedic deity Indra, such as his defeat of the serpent Vṛtra.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with quadruple red line.
Watermark of a partial shield-crest with the letters E, I, and C within the three lower quadrants.

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 429 (UP 1355).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1355.

OCLC:

908401965