Details

Other Title:

Rudrasūkta

Subjects:

Vedas -- Recitation.
Vedas.
Śaivism.
Rudra (Hindu deity).
Vedāṅgas.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Hymns (documents)
Prayers (documents)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Vedic hymns dedicated to the deity Rudra (an early form of the god Śiva) that are considered ancillary (vedāṅga) to the Vedas.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 5v); alternate title Rudrasūkta from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
Devanāgari numbers on particle board accompanying the manuscript, written in modern pen.
Colophon: iti rudrasūktāni samāptāni śrīśubhaṃ bhavatu śrīkṛṣṇa (f. 5v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; Vedic metrical accents in red throughout for recitation.

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 417 (UP 2052).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2052.

OCLC:

957180953