Details

Standardized Title:

R̥gvedabhāṣyabhūmikā. Selections

Subjects:

Vedas. R̥gveda.
Gāyatrī (Hindu deity).
Hindu mantras.
Hindu hymns.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Hymns.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Treatise and commentary on the hymn of the Gāyatrī mantra (serving both as deity and type of verse), specifically on its verses from the Ṛgveda. The manuscript, though bearing a title on the first folio (f. 1r), appears to begin in the middle of the text and gives only a partial colophon suggesting that the commentary will help to clear away darkness with respect to the Vedas. The colophon appears to be part of a signature ending to the R̥gvedabhāṣya (or R̥gvedabhāṣyabhūmikā) by the 14th-century author Sāyaṇa, the brother of the Mīmāmsā philosopher Mādhva, to whom the text is dedicated (though not in name).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti tṛtīyasya caturthe daśamovargaḥ vedārthasya prakāśena tamohārdanivākhyan pumarthāṃścaturovedānvidyātīrthamaheśvaraḥ 1 śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu (f. 2v).
Mistakes blacked out.
Partial watermark, possibly part of a large number or letter.

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 3093 (UP 2015).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2015.

OCLC:

954004034