Pañcamāraṇyaka. Adhyāya 1-3, before 1673.
पञ्चमारण्यक. अध्याय १-३,

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Bhaṭṭaṃbhaṭṭa, former owner.

Standardized Title:

Aranyakas. Aitareyāraṇyaka. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Rites and ceremonies.

Sacrifice--Hinduism.

India.

Sacrifice--Hinduism--Early works to 1800.

Sacrifice.

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

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

hymns

commentaries

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Bhaṭṭaṃbhaṭṭa (f. 65v).

Physical Description:

1 item (65 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 20 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2044

Other Title:

Āraṇya

Place of Publication:

before 1673.

१६७३.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Canonical Hindu text deals with symbolic interpretation of the Vedic sacrifice and functions as an ancient commentary on Vedic hymns and as a ritual manual.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 65v); alternate title Āraṇya from note on final folio (f. 65v).

Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.

65 leaves foliated 1-65, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti paṃcamāraṇyake tṛtiyo 'dhyāyaḥ // (f. 65v).

Dated saṃvat 1730 (1673) (f. 65v), but in a second scribal hand by a former owner, so the manuscript is likely older than this date.

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some 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 165 (UP 2044).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2044.

OCLC:

956712691