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

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9963983383503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/908402173
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6398338

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Summary

Hymns from the Ṛgveda, with metrical accents for recitation and use in Vedic rites and ceremonies, celebrating and praising the Vedic deity Indra, such as his defeat of the serpent Vṛtra.

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• Title supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
   
• 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with quadruple red line.
   
• Watermark of a partial shield-crest with the letters E, I, and C within the three lower quadrants.
   

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Subjects topical

• Hindu mythology
• Indra (Hindu deity)
• Vṛtra
• Hinduism--Rituals--Texts
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu hymns, Sanskrit
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Genres

• Hymns (documents)
• Prayers
• Watermarks
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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