Details

Standardized Title:

Vedas. Yajurveda. Kr̥ṣṇayajurveda. Selections.

Other Title:

Rudranyāsa

Subjects:

Vedas -- Recitation.
Vedas.
Śaivism.
Rudra (Hindu deity).
Rites and ceremonies.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Hymns for recitation dedicated to Rudra, the Vedic precedent to the Hindu deity Śiva. Appears to be verses dedicated to Rudra drawn from the (Black) Yajurveda, possibly from or related to the Pāśupatasūtra.

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate title supplied by cataloger.
Written in 6 lines per leaf.
23 leaves foliated 2-24, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ity aṣṭāgaṃpraṇamya // (f. 24v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents in red throughout to aid with recitation; vertical margins marked with double black 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 3178 (UP 2028).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2028.

Contributor:

Kauṇḍinya.

Related Work:

Kauṇḍinya. Pasupatasutra. Selections.

OCLC:

954473904