Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 118: Bṛhadṛgvidhāna
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Title from colophon (f. 26r).
Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
26 leaves foliated 1-26, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in red or blacked out; vertical margins marked with double red line.
Non-Latin script record.
3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206.
University of Pennsylvania
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 118
9958437733503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/813835200
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5843773
Manuscript is a manual outlining the use and recitation of Vedic mantras taken from the Ṛgveda and the benefits (siddhi) associated with them.
In Sanskrit
Bṛhadṛgvidhāna
बृहदृग्विधान
Colophon: iti bṛhadṛgvidhānaṃ samāptam // śrīrastu // vedapuruṣārpaṇam astu // (f. 26r).
paper
1 item (26 leaves) : 12 x 24 cm
Rites and ceremonies--India
Hindu mantras
Recitations--Religious aspects
Manuals (instructional materials)
Hymns
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century