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Title

Iṣe tvā ūrjje tvā
इषे त्वा ऊर्ज्जे त्वा

Other related names

• Nārāyaṇa Gālane, former owner

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 5
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9954094163503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/773057572
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5409416

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; words are parsed throughout the manuscript without the use of sandhi.

Notes

• Title from incipit (f. 1v); alternate title Prathamāṣṭakapadāni from colophon (f. 104v).
   
• Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
   
• 104 leaves foliated 1-104, lower right verso.
   
• 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; accents given in red; decorative floral border on front cover (f. 1r).
   
• May have been housed at an earlier time with Item 2, Item 3, and Item 6.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (104 leaves) : 11 x 24 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti prathamāṣṭakapadāni samāptāni // nārāyaṇagālanekarasyedaṃ pustakaṃ // (f. 104v).

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Nārāyaṇa Gālane, likely from the Nāsik district in Maharashtra.
   

Subjects topical

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

Genres

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

Licenses

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Decorations

• fol. 1r — floral pattern f. 1r