Pañcamāraṇyaka, circa 1700-1850. = पञ्चमारण्यक, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (53 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 21 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2043
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3v11vk4c - Status/Location:
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- Standardized Title:
- Aranyakas. Aitareyāraṇyaka
- Other Title:
- Āraṇyaka
- Subjects:
- Sacrifice -- Hinduism.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India. - Form/Genre:
- Manuals (instructional materials)
Hymns (documents)
Commentaries.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Canonical Hindu text deals with symbolic interpretation of the Vedic sacrifice and functions as an ancient commentary on Vedic hymns and as a ritual manual.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 52v); alternate title Āraṇyaka from cover page (f. 1r).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
53 leaves foliated 1-53, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti paṃcamāraṇyakaṃ samāptaṃ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // (f. 52v).
Watermarks of a floral design near the end of the manuscript, possibly part of a coat of arms.
Scribe is Bhāskara Dāḍekara (f. 52v).
Dated śaka 1741 (1819) (f. 52v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; 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 164 (UP 2043).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2043.
- Contributor:
- Dāḍekara, Bhāskara, scribe.
- OCLC:
- 956712121