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Title

Vāyavyaṃ śvetaṃ
वायव्यं श्वेतं

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 3
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9954045163503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/771064682
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5404516

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

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.

Notes

• Title from incipit (f. 1v).
   
• Written in 17-18 lines per leaf.
   
• 52 leaves foliated 1-52, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1893 (1826) (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.
   
• May have been housed at an earlier time with Item 2, Item 5, and Item 6.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (52 leaves) : 12 x 25 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu // saṃvat 1893 // cha // śrī // śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ // (f. 52v).

Subjects topical

• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hinduism--Rituals
• Hindu mythology

Genres

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

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