Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1354: Māhānyāsa University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1354: Māhānyāsa 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 ©2017 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts 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 back title page (f. 16v). Written in 9 lines per leaf. 16 leaves foliated 1-16, upper left and lower right verso. Scribe is Puruṣottama, son of Rāmacandra (f. 16r). Dated śaka 1754 (1832) (f. 16r). Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents in red for recitation. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1354 9963982313503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/908399428 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6398231 Compendium of Vedic mantras drawn from the hymns of the Ṛgveda for use in rites and ceremonies. In Sanskrit Māhānyāsa माहान्यास scribe Puruṣottama (Son of Rāmacandra) Colophon: iti māhānyāsasamāptoyaṃ // śrīkṛṣṇā // (f. 16v).

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 1 item (16 leaves) : 11 x 20 cm Hindu mantras Hinduism--Rituals--Texts Rites and ceremonies--India Hindu law Dharma Manuals (instructional materials) Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--19th century