Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Brahmanas. Aitareyabrāhmaṇa.

Agnirvaidevānāmavamo viṣṇuḥ, 1792.

1 item (297 leaves) : paper ; 19 x 9 cm.

Vedic ritual text divided into eight parts, containing hymns to Vedic deities such as Agni as well as early Hindu myths and ritual instructions for śrauta fire sacrifice.

Title from incipit (Part 1, f. 1v).

Eight individual parts (pañcakā) are foliated separately.

Written 7 lines per leaf.

Word divisions are marked in red. Some marginal corrections. Mistakes are blacked out or covered in yellow.

Encased within two wooden covers.

Incipit: agnirvaidevānāmavamo viṣṇuḥ paramastadaṃtareṇa sarvā anyā devatāḥ (Part 1, f. 1v).

Pañcikā 1 colophon: saṃvat 1848. samayanāmamargaśirṣaśukla 15 paurṇamāsyāṃ sanivāsare likhitaṃ / triguṇāyitākhyena rāmaprasāda brāḥmaṇena vārāṇaśyām gaṇeśasya nikaṭe // (Part 1, f. 34r)

Pañcikā 2 colophon: saṃvat 1848 samaiyanāmapauṣaśukla 11 gurau tad dine likhitarāmapraśādabrāḥmaṇena śubham // (Part 2, f. 43r).

Pañcikā 3 colophon: saṃvat 1848 samayaphālgunaśukla 6 bhaume likhitaṃ idaṃ triguṇāyitety upanāmakarāmapraśādena // (Part 3, f. 44r).

Pañcikā 4 colophon: iti caturthapañcikāyāṃ pañcamodhyāyaḥ / iti caturthapaṃcikāsamāptāḥ // (Part 4, f. 34r).

Pañcikā 5 colophon: iti pañcamapañcikāyām pañcamodhyāyaḥ / saṃvat 1849 miticitrakṛṣṇa 10 śubhaṃ bhūyāstāṃ lekhapāṭhakayoḥ śrī rastu // (Part 5, f. 42v).

Pañcika 6 colophon: saṃvat 1849 caitraśukla 7 guruvāsare śubham // śubhaṃ bhavatu // likhite rāmapraśādabrāhmaṇena triguṇāyita ity upanāmakena śrīrastu śubhaṃ // (Part 6, f. 37r).

Pañcikā 7 colophon: saṃvat 1849 samayānāmacaitraśukla 15 // śubhaṃbhūyāstāṃ ubhayoḥ // śrīḥ // (Part 7, f. 33r).

Pañcikā 8 colophon: iti aṣṭama pañcikā samāptah śubham bhavatu // cha // śrīḥ // śrīrāmacaṃdrāyanamaḥ // śrīviśveśvarāyanamaḥ // śrīvighnavināyako vijayate tarām saṃva 1849 samayanāmavaiśākhakṛṣṇa 5 bhaumavāsare saṃpūrṇaṃ śubhaṃ likhitaṃ rāmaprasādatriguṇāyita iti upanāmaka brāhmaẹna śubham bhūyāstām lekhakapāṭhakayoḥ // cha // śrīviśveśvārpaṇāmastu // śrīyainamaḥ // cha // śrīḥ // (Part 8, f. 30r).

Dated between saṃvat 1848 samaiyanāma puṣaśukla 11 (Sunday, January 16, 1792) (Part 2, f. 43r) and saṃvat 1849 iti citra kṛṣṇa 10 (Friday, May 11, 1792) (Part 8, f. 30r).

Scribe is Rāmapraśāda Triguṇāyita (Part 1, f. 34r; Part 3, f. 44r; Part 8, f. 30r) in Vārāṇasī near the Gaṇeśa (Dhundiraj Temple).

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 42

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 42

Rare Book & Manuscript Library University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390

अग्निर्वैदेवानामवमो विष्णुः, १७९२.