Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1336: Adbhutaśānti University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1336: Adbhutaśānti are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from colophon (f. 2v). Written in 10 lines per leaf. 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso. Scribe is Bhāskara Dāḍekara (f. 2v). Dated śaka 1725 (1805) (f. 2v). Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1336 9963979713503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/908392544 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6397971 Manuscript is attributed to the Baudhāyanasūtra of Baudhāyana and is a manual including rules, laws, and procedures according to the Atharvaveda tradition that are to be employed at the time of natural disasters such as earthquakes. In Sanskrit Adbhutaśānti अद्भुतशान्ति Baudhāyana scribe Bhāskara Dāḍekara Colophon: iti baudhāyanasūtre adbhutaśāṃtiḥ // (f. 2v).

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 1 item (2 leaves) : 10 x 21 cm Earthquakes--Religious aspects--Hinduism Hinduism--Rituals--Texts Rites and ceremonies--India Hindu law Dharma Manuals (instructional materials) Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--19th century