Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇāraṇyaka, 1641.
कौषीतकिब्राह्मणारण्यक

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Bhānudeva, (Son of Narasiṃha), scribe.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Rites and ceremonies.

Philosophy, Indic.

Hindu philosophy.

India.

Hindu philosophy--Early works to 1800.

Philosophy, Indic--Early works to 1800.

Rites and ceremonies--India--Early works to 1800.

Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

treatises

manuals (instructional materials)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (21 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 925

Place of Publication:

1641.

१६४१.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a Hindu treatise and manual dealing with various kinds of Vedic ritual sacrifice and their interpretation, sometimes bringing early forms of philosophical exegesis to bear on early rituals.

Notes:

Title from internal colophon (f. 5v).

Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.

21 leaves foliated 1-18, 20-12, 23, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti āraṇyake catrurthodhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 23r).

Dated saṃvat 1698 (1641) (f. 23r).

Scribe is Bhānudeva, son of Narasiṃha, of the famous pilgrimage center of Vārāṇasī (f. 23r).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.

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 170 (UP 925).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 925

OCLC:

888078310