Details

Other Title:

Gāyatryarthapradīpikā

Subjects:

Vedas. R̥gveda.
Gāyatrī (Hindu deity).
Hindu mantras.
Hindu hymns.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Name appears in the manuscript as Khaṇḍarāja Dīkṣita, son of Tryaṃbaka Dīkṣita and grandson of Gaṇeśa Dīkṣita (f. 3v).

Summary:

Treatise on the hymn of the Gāyatrī mantra (serving both as deity and type of verse), specifically on its verses from the Ṛgveda.

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate title Gāyatryarthapradīpikā supplied by cataloger.
Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
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 3086 (UP 2007).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2007.

OCLC:

953488948