Vāyavyaṃ śvetaṃ, 1826.
वायव्यं श्वेतं

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Vedas. Yajurveda. Kr̥ṣṇayajurveda (Taittirīyasaṃhitā). Āṣṭaka 2.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Hinduism--Rituals.

Hinduism.

Hindu mythology.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (52 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 25 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 3

Place of Publication:

1826.

१८२६.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Vedic ritual text containing early examples of Hindu mythology and the procedures for building a great fire altar, animal sacrifices, and other kinds of rituals.

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1v).

Written in 17-18 lines per leaf.

52 leaves foliated 1-52, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu // saṃvat 1893 // cha // śrī // śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ // (f. 52v).

Dated saṃvat 1893 (1826) (f. 52v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

May have been housed at an earlier time with Item 2, Item 5, and Item 6.

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 76 (UP 3).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 3

OCLC:

771064683