Ṛgvedasaṃhitā, 1666-1671.
ऋग्वेदसंहिता

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa, scribe.

Kherḍe, Kṛṣṇa Bhaṭṭa, former owner.

Kherḍe, Gaṇeśa Bhaṭṭa, former owner.

Kavīndrācārya, approximately 1600-approximately 1675, former owner.

Standardized Title:

Vedas. R̥gveda

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Genre:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Kavīndrācārya of Vārānasi, referred to as Kavīndrācārya Sarasvatī in the manuscript (Part 1, f. 1r; Part 2, f. 1r; Part 4, f. 1r; Part 5, f. 1r; Part 6, f. 1r; Part 7, f. 1r; Part 8, f. 1r); also formerly owned by Kṛṣṇa Bhaṭṭa Kherḍe (Part 5, f. 119r; Part 6, f. 120r) and Gaṇeśa Bhaṭṭa Kherḍe (Part 4, f. 121r); Kherḍe is a family name likely associated with a village in central Maharashtra. Narāyāṇa Bhaṭṭa named as adding accents (svaritaṃ) (Part 6, f. 120r).

Physical Description:

1 item (701 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 23 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 81

Other Title:

Aṣṭaka.

Place of Publication:

1666-1671.

१६६६-१६७१.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Hymns of the Ṛgvedasaṃhitā divided into 8 sections.

Contents:

[Part 1] Prathamāṣṭaka

[Part 2] Dvitīyāṣṭaka

[Part 3 missing]

[Part 4] Caturthāṣṭaka

[Part 5] Pañcamāṣṭaka

[Part 6] Ṣaṣāṣṭaka

[Part 7] Saptamāṣṭaka

[Part 8] Aṣṭamāṣṭaka.

Notes:

Title derived from back title page (Part 1, f. 119v); alternate title Aṣṭaka from title pages (Part 1, f. [i] recto; Part 2, 123v; Part 5, f. [i] recto, 120v; Part 8, f. 1r) and colophons (Part 1, f. 119r; Part 2, f. 123r; Part 6, f. 120r).

Written in 7 lines per leaf except for one leaf 9-11 lines (Part 7, f. 76).

701 leaves foliated Part 1: [i], 1-32, 72-103, 105-119; Part 2: 87-123; Part 4: [i], 1-54, 58-121; Part 5: [i], 1-42, 42-55, 55, 55-91, 95-119, [i]; Part 6: [i], 1-120; Part 7: 1-109; Part 8: 1-55, 58-68, 71-130, upper left and lower right verso.

Dated saṃvat 1725 (1668) (Part 2, f. 123r); saṃvat 1723 (1666) (Part 5, f. 119v); saṃvat 1728 (1671) (Part 7, f. 109r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line; accents given in red and orange throughout.

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 11 (UP 81).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 81

Contains:

Prathamāṣṭaka.

Dvitīyāṣṭaka.

Caturthāṣṭaka.

Pañcamāṣṭaka.

Ṣaṣāṣṭaka.

Saptamāṣṭaka.

Aṣṭamāṣṭaka.

OCLC:

757958988