Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1360: Rudrapraśna University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1360: Rudrapraśna 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 for manuscript supplied by cataloger from title for predominant text; section title Yajñopavītavidhi from incipit (f. i verso). Written in 7-9 lines per leaf. 19 leaves foliated [i-iv], 3-17, upper left and lower right verso. Incipit: bāṇavāṃ uta // ane śannasyeṣava ābhurasya niṣaṃ gathiḥ // (f. 3r). 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 (f. i-iv) and double black (f. 3-17) line. Watermarks on first part of manuscript (f. i-iv) with the name Costa. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1360 9964092383503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/910182250 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6409238 First part of manuscript (f. i-iv) instruction for performing the thread ceremony for the top three castes. Second part of manuscript is a collection of Vedic mantras (words or phrases of power) praising the deity Rudra (a Vedic form of the Hindu god Śiva). The text is more commonly known as the Rudram or the Śatarudrīya from the Yajurveda. In Sanskrit Rudrapraśna रुद्रप्रश्न

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 1 item (19 leaves) : 12 x 16 cm Sacred thread ceremony Devotional literature, Sanskrit Rudra (Hindu deity) Hinduism--Rituals--Texts Rites and ceremonies--India Hindu law Dharma Manuals (instructional materials) Prayers Watermarks Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century