Trikālasaṃdhyātarpaṇa, 1787.
त्रिकालसंध्यातर्पण

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Noon.

Morning customs.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Morning customs--Religious aspects.

Noon--Religious aspects.

Night--Religious aspects.

Night.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (6 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 24 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 163

Other Title:

Trikālasaṃdhyātarpaṇa.

Place of Publication:

1787.

१७८७.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is a kind of manual for priests or householders outlining the performance of daily rites of transition (at waking, before noon meal, and before sleep), containing a selection of hymns (some drawn from Vedic sources such as the Gāyatrī mantra) to be recited along with a set of observances.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 6v); alternate title Trikālasaṃdhyā supplied by cataloger.

Written in 15-18 lines per leaf.

6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti gāyatrīvidhi // trikālasaṃdhyātarpaṇaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 6r).

Dated saṃvat 1834 (1787) (f. 6r).

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 black line.

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 3049 (UP 163).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 163

OCLC:

819410667