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Title

Pañcamāraṇyaka
पञ्चमारण्यक

Other related names

• Dāḍekara, Bhāskara, scribe

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2043
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9970784403503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/956712121
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7078440

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

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.
   
• 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.
   

Extent

1 item (53 leaves) : 10 x 21 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti paṃcamāraṇyakaṃ samāptaṃ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // (f. 52v).

Subjects topical

• Sacrifice--Hinduism
• Rites and ceremonies--India

Genres

• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Hymns (documents)
• Commentaries
• Watermarks
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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