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Āraṇyaka, circa 1700-1850.
आरण्यक
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2047
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Standardized Title:
- Aranyakas. Aitareyāraṇyaka
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Sacrifice--Hinduism.
- Rites and ceremonies--India.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- India.
- Genre:
- manuals (instructional materials)
- hymns
- commentaries
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (39 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 21 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2047
- Other Title:
- Pañcamāraṇyaka
- Āraṇa
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- 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 abbreviations in margins; alternate title Āraṇa from cover page (f. 1r); second alternate title Pañcamāraṇyaka supplied by cataloger.
- Written in 9-14 lines per leaf.
- 39 leaves foliated 1-39, upper left and lower right verso.
- Internal colophon: iti tṛtīyāraṇyakasamāptaṃ // (f. 39r).
- 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 red 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 166 (UP 2047).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2047.
- OCLC:
- 956737657
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