Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Authors

• Āśvalāyana

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9970162063503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/952051381
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7016206

Publisher

Language

Summary

Manuscript used for private or public recitation and prayer in praise of the river Sarasvatī personified by the Hindu goddess of the same name. Includes some Vedic verses and is accented in red for recitation. The work is attributed to and presented in the voice of the ancient sage Aśvalāyana.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 8v).
   
• Written in 10-12 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; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in purple ink.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Hindu hymns, Sanskrit
• Sarasvatī (Hindu deity)
• Rivers--Religious aspects--Hinduism

Genres

• Prayers
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

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