Details

Standardized Title:

Vedas. R̥gveda. Pavamānasūkta

Subjects:

Soma (Hindu deity).
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Fasting -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.

Form/Genre:

Texts.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Hymns from the Ṛgveda dedicated to the deity and drug Soma. The Pavamāna, an agent of purification, is a collection of hymns often recited on fasting days associated with the Ekādaśī (11th day of a fortnight).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 31r).
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
31 leaves foliated 1-31, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti pavamānacaturtho 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ // śāṃtiḥ // śāṃtiḥ // śāṃtiḥ // śrīrāmacaṃdror jayatu // (f. 31r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.

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 62 (UP 2019).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2019.

OCLC:

954004297