Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Sūtasaṃhitā. Selections.

Subjects:

Atonement (Hinduism).
Śaivism.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript employed for private reflection, concerning the secrets of expiation and atonement (prāyaścitta) and the proper rites and rituals, such as fire sacrifice, to achieve goals such as the removal of sin or pāpa.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 6v).
Written in 12-16 lines per leaf.
6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti sūta[yajñavaibhavakhaṇḍe] catvāriṃśodhyāyaḥ // (f. 6v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Watermarks of a coat of arms and possibly a name.

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 1512 (UP 2415.1).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 3049.

OCLC:

965828612