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Title

Taittirīya śākhā tṛtīyāṣṭaka
तैत्तिरीयशाखा तृतीयाष्टक

Other related names

• Gagārāma, former owner

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 8
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9931780123503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122490159
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3178012

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Early sacrificial Vedic text containing formative myths of creation about the Vedic god Prajāpati, instructions for the sacrifice of Soma, offerings to Vedic gods, etc; lacks end.

Notes

• Title from section colophon (f. 21v).
   
• Written in 6-9 lines per leaf.
   
• Explicit: aveti / rundhe / etāvat / vai / puruṣam / paritaḥ / tat / eva / aveti / ruṃdhe / atasya / tvā / vyomana iti vi ' omane / iti / āha / iyam / vai / atasya / vyometi vi ' ' aum / imāṃ / eva / a (f. 54v).
   
• Mistakes blacked out or covered over in yellow; some marginal corrections and additions in red; accented in red throughout; significant symbols, words, and phrases, highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with red vertical lines or red vertical patterns.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (54 leaves) : 25 x 11 cm

Support

Paper

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Gagārāma of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī, f. 1r).
   

Subjects topical

• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Vedic literature
• Prajāpati (Hindu deity)

Genres

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

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