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Padapāṭha. Aṣṭaka 1, Adhyāya 1-4 circa 1700-1850. = पदपाठ. अष्टक १, अध्याय १-४, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (69 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 23 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2027
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Standardized Title:
Vedas. R̥gveda. Selections
Other Title:
Rg̣vedapadapāṭha
Subjects:
Vedas -- Recitation.
Vedas.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Indra (Hindu deity).
Agni (Hindu deity).
Aśvins (Hindu deities).
Form/Genre:
Commentaries.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript using the padapāṭha method of recitation, which presents the first four chapters of one version of the hymns of the Ṛgveda broken into individual words and without regard for saṃdhi rules that typically connect Sanskrit words. The hymns follow the order of chapters 1, 20, 33, and 47 of other editions of the text. The hymns are dedicated to Vedic gods such as Agni, Indra, and the Aśvin twins. The work also includes an unidentified commentary before each section of the Ṛgveda.
Notes:
Title from title abbreviations in margins; alternate title Rg̣vedapadapāṭha supplied by cataloger.
Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.
69 leaves foliated 1-69, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ // padasaṃkhyā // 2575 // (f. 69).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins in black and red; metrical accents in red; some vertical margins marked with triple red line; some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder.
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 16 (UP 2027).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2027
OCLC:
954473420