Details

Subjects:

Vedas -- Recitation.
Vedas.
Śaivism.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Small manuscript for private or public use, Vedic recitation, and prayer in honor of the deity Śiva. Popularly attributed to and written in the voice of the ancient sage Jaimini, but he is likely not the author.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
Watermarks of a partial coat of arms, possibly a fleur-de-lis.
12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.
Some corrections and additions in margins.
Colophon: iti śrījaiminikṛtam vedapādastotraṃ saṃpūrṇam // (f. 12r-12v).

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 1695 (UP 2477).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2477.

OCLC:

968131474