Details

Other Title:

Ṛgvedasaṃdhyāvandanamantrabhāṣya

Subjects:

Vedas. R̥gveda.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu goddesses.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (bhāṣya) on the saṃdhyāvandana, early morning and evening hymns (recitation of Vedic mantras) and worship (of the Vedic goddess Saṃdhyā, a personification of Dawn or Twilight) and is an ancient Sanskrit liturgy from the Ṛgveda. Written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 23r); alternate title Ṛgvedasaṃdhyāvandanamantrabhāṣya from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
23 leaves foliated 1-23, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīparamahaṃsaparivrājakācārya śrīmannārāyaṇeṃdrasarasvatīviracitaṃ ṛgvedasaṃdhyāvaṃdanabhāṣyasamāptaṃ // (f. 23r).
Mistakes blacked out; vertical margins marked with double red line on some folios.
Watermarks of a coat of arms.

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 43 (UP 2008).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2008.

OCLC:

953736768