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Ms. Coll. 390 Item 796 Rasaśāstra / रसशास्त्र

Title

Rasaśāstra
रसशास्त्र

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 796
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

bibid: 9962225013503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/881327630
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6222501

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript used for consultation and reference and is a Hindu medical treatise on fluids (rasas) in the creation of alchemical elixirs using, plants, and other substances for the purpose of healing sicknesses such as fever. Manuscript is incomplete and lacks a beginning and an ending.

Notes

Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in 7-14 lines per leaf.
6 leaves foliated 31-36, upper left and lower right verso.
Incipit: jājī ajamodāvajyeṣṭīmadhusasaiṃ dhavaṃ // (f. 31r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and significant additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.

Extent

1 item (6 leaves) : 11 x 26 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

Medicine, Ayurvedic--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
Alchemy--India
Medicinal plants--India
Fever--India

Genres

Treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--17th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts--India--17th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century

Licenses

Text

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URL

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Text

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URL

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