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Ṛgvedasaṃdhyāvandanabhāṣya, circa 1700-1850.
ऋग्वेदसंध्यावन्दनभाष्य
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2008
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Abhinavanārāyaṇendrasarasvatī.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Vedas. R̥gveda.
- Vedas.
- Hindu philosophy.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Advaita.
- Vedanta.
- Rites and ceremonies--India.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- India.
- Hindu goddesses.
- Genre:
- commentaries
- watermarks
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (23 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 29 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2008
- Other Title:
- Ṛgvedasaṃdhyāvandanamantrabhāṣya
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (bhāṣya) on the saṃdhyāvandana, early morning and evening hymns (recitation of Vedic mantras) and worship (of the Vedic goddess Saṃdhyā, a personification of Dawn or Twilight) and is an ancient Sanskrit liturgy from the Ṛgveda. Written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 23r); alternate title Ṛgvedasaṃdhyāvandanamantrabhāṣya from title page (f. 1r).
- Written in 9 lines per leaf.
- 23 leaves foliated 1-23, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrīparamahaṃsaparivrājakācārya śrīmannārāyaṇeṃdrasarasvatīviracitaṃ ṛgvedasaṃdhyāvaṃdanabhāṣyasamāptaṃ // (f. 23r).
- Mistakes blacked out; vertical margins marked with double red line on some folios.
- Watermarks of a coat of arms.
- 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 43 (UP 2008).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2008.
- OCLC:
- 953736768
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