Details

Subjects:

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu law.
Dharma.

Form/Genre:

Texts.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manual with associated rules and laws (dharma) for morning prayers and a collection of mantras (words or phrases of power) and verses with instructions for recitation during the performance of the Saṃdhyā rites by the top three castes. Manuscripts starts with the end of an unknown ritual text dedicated to the Hindu deity Viṣṇu. Main text begins on verso (f. 1v).

Notes:

Title from explicit (f. 2v).
Written in 15-16 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated [1-2].
Explicit: anena prātaḥ saṃdhyāvaṃdadanena śrīparameśvaraḥ prīyatāṃ / (f. 2v).
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 3069 (UP 1472).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1472.

OCLC:

910915216