Āśvalāyanasūtra kalpopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
आश्वलायनसूत्र कल्पोपनिषद्

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Ḍhunḍhirājabhaṭṭa Viśvarūpa, former owner.

Standardized Title:

Aranyakas. Aitareyāraṇyaka. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vedic literature.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Ḍhunḍhirājabhaṭṭa Viśvarūpa (f. 54v).

Physical Description:

1 item (55 leaves) : paper ; 18 x 10 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 30

Other Title:

Aitareyāraṇyaka.

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgari)

Summary:

Ritual text helping to explain and interpret the rituals of the Śrauta sacrifices, attributed to the Vedic sage Āśvalāyana.

Notes:

Written 9-11 lines per leaf.

Mistakes blacked out or covered in yellow; significant symbols, words, and phrases highlighted in red; word divisions marked in red.

Title from colophon (f. 54v); alternate title Aitareyāraṇyaka from back cover (f. 55v).

Colophon: ity aitareyapaṃcamāraṇyakaṃ samāptaṃ // ity āśvalāyanasūtrakalpopaniṣadaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrīrastu // uditaḥ śukriyaṃ dadha ityādi pūrvavaduttaraśāṃtiḥ paṭhet // śubhaṃbhavatu // viśvarūpa ity upanāmakaḍhuṃḍhirājabhaṭṭasye 'daṃ pustakaṃ // śrīgajānan // (f. 54v).

Scribe is Ḍhunḍhirājabhaṭṭa Viśvarūpa (f. 54v), likely from Vārāṇasī.

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 160 (UP 30).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 30

OCLC:

155918922