Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Vedas. Yajurveda. Kr̥ṣṇayajurveda (Taittirīyasaṃhitā) Āṣṭaka 4

Ānayo vaiśvānarāya, 1814.

1 item (58 leaves) : paper ; 24 x 11 cm.

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Vedic ritual text containing early examples of Hindu mythology and the procedures for building a great fire altar, animal sacrifices, and other kinds of rituals.

Rites and ceremonies - India.

Hinduism - Rituals.

Hindu mythology.

Manuals (instructional materials)

Hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 19th century.

Manuscripts - India - 19th century.

Title from opening marginal note in red (f. 13r); alternate title Caturthāṣṭaka from back title page (f. 72v).

Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.

58 leaves foliated 13-71, [72], lower right verso.

Colophon: samāptaścaturthāṣṭakaḥ // śrīsāṃbārpaṇamastu // saṃvat 1871 // cha // (f. 71v).

Dated saṃvat 1871 (1814) (f. 71v).

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; accented in red throughout.

May have been housed at an earlier time with Item 2, Item 3, and Item 5.

Non-Latin script record.

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 79 (UP 6).

Caturthāṣṭaka.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 6

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 6

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390

आनयो वैश्वानराय, १८१४.