Taittirīya śākhā tṛtīyāṣṭaka, circa 1700-1850.
तैत्तिरीयशाखा तृतीयाष्टक

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Gagārāma, former owner.

Standardized Title:

Vedas. Yajurveda. Kr̥ṣṇayajurveda (Taittirīyasaṃhitā). Aṣṭaka 3.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Vedic literature.

Prajāpati (Hindu deity).

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Penn Provenance:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (54 leaves) : paper ; 25 x 11 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 8

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgari)

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.

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 81 (UP8).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 8.

OCLC:

155918860