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Title

Āśvalāyanasūtra kalpopaniṣad
आश्वलायनसूत्र कल्पोपनिषद्

Other related names

• Ḍhunḍhirājabhaṭṭa Viśvarūpa, former owner

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 30
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9931780443503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155861018
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3178044

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit (Devanāgari)

Summary

Ritual text helping to explain and interpret the rituals of the Śrauta sacrifices, attributed to the Vedic sage Āśvalāyana.

Notes

• Written 9-11 lines per leaf.
   
• Mistakes blacked out or covered in yellow; significant symbols, words, and phrases highlighted in red; word divisions marked in red.
   
• Title from colophon (f. 54v); alternate title Aitareyāraṇyaka from back cover (f. 55v).
   
• Scribe is Ḍhunḍhirājabhaṭṭa Viśvarūpa (f. 54v), likely from Vārāṇasī.
   

Extent

1 item (55 leaves) : 18 x 10 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: ity aitareyapaṃcamāraṇyakaṃ samāptaṃ // ity āśvalāyanasūtrakalpopaniṣadaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrīrastu // uditaḥ śukriyaṃ dadha ityādi pūrvavaduttaraśāṃtiḥ paṭhet // śubhaṃbhavatu // viśvarūpa ity upanāmakaḍhuṃḍhirājabhaṭṭasye 'daṃ pustakaṃ // śrīgajānan // (f. 54v).

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Ḍhunḍhirājabhaṭṭa Viśvarūpa (f. 54v).
   

Subjects topical

• Vedic literature
• Rites and ceremonies--India

Genres

• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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