Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Sūtasaṃhitā. 4. khaṇḍa. Selections.

Subjects:

Brahma (Hindu deity).
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript of a text from a Śaiva work that aligns the god Śiva with Vedic practices. This small section of the text seems to be dedicated to the god Brahmā and is possibly part of a Brahmagītā text. Discusses ritual practices, sacrifice, caste observance, philosophy and other themes. A commentary, the Sūtasaṃhitātātparyadīpikā by Mādhavācārya, runs parallel above and below the root text.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8v); title of commentary Sūtasaṃhitātātparyadīpikā from colophon (f. 8v); alternate title of commentary Tātparyadīpikā from colophon (f. 8v).
Written in 13-16 lines per leaf.
8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmatkāśīvilāsakriyāśaktiparamabhaktaśrīma[t]tryaṃbakapādā[??]asevāparāyaṇenopapaniṣanmārgapravarttakena mādhavācāryeṇa viracitāyāṃ sūtasaṃhitātātparyadīpikāyāṃ yajñavaibhavākhye caturthakhaṃḍe saptacatvārīṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ // pūrvārdhasamāptaṃ // (f. 8v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; 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 1514 (UP 2399).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2399.

Contains:

Mādhavācārya. Sūtasaṃhitātātparyadīpikā.
Tātparyadīpikā.

OCLC:

965388573