Details

Standardized Title:

Vedas. R̥gveda. Selections

Subjects:

Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Vedic literature.

Form/Genre:

Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgari).

Summary:

Hymns attributed to the Vedic author Āśvalāyana for kindling fires for sacrifices dedicated to Sūrya and other Vedic gods.

Notes:

Written 12 lines per leaf.
Colophon: ity āśvalāyanapavamānasaurasamāptiḥ // saṃvat 1752 śrāvaṇavadi 6 caṃdre likhitam idaṃ harikṛṣṇena śrīrastu śrīḥ // (f. 29r).
Dated: saṃvat 1752 śrāvaṇavadi 6 caṃdre (Tuesday, August 16, 1695).
Scribe is Harikṛṣṇa.
Mistakes blacked out or covered over with yellow; accented in red; significant symbols, words, and phrases highlighted in red; margins marked by black vertical lines.

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 203, (UP 17).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 17

Contributor:

Harikr̥ṣṇa, scribe.

OCLC:

155918856