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Nyāsa, circa 1700-1850. = न्यास, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (8 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 22 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2051
Status/Location:
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Standardized Title:
Vedas. Yajurveda. Kr̥ṣṇayajurveda. Selections.
Other Title:
Rudranyāsa
Mahānyāsa
Subjects:
Vedas -- Recitation.
Vedas.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Śaivism.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Rudra (Hindu deity).
Form/Genre:
Prayers (documents)
Hymns (documents)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Hymns for recitation dedicated to Rudra, the Vedic precedent to the Hindu deity Śiva. Verses dedicated to Rudra appear to be drawn from the (Black) Yajurveda, possibly from or related to the Pāśupatasūtra.
Notes:
Title from title abbreviations in margins; alternate titles Mahānyāsa and Rudranyāsa supplied by cataloger.
Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.
8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents in red throughout for recitation; vertical margins marked with double red line.
Penn Provenance:
Formerly owned by someone named Maheśa whose family name is obscured (f. 8v).
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 98 (UP 2051).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2051.
Contributor:
Maheśa, former owner.
OCLC:
956737129