Rudra, 1786.
रुद्र

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Mukāma Ābhaun, scribe.

Standardized Title:

Vedas. Yajurveda. Kr̥ṣṇayajurveda (Taittirīyasaṃhitā). Rudrādhyāya

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vedas.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Hinduism--Prayers and devotions.

Vedas--Recitation--Early works to 1800.

Rudra (Hindu deity)--Early works to 1800.

Rudra.

Rudra (Hindu deity).

Hinduism--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800.

Hinduism.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Prayers.

Devotional literature.

Physical Description:

1 item (20 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 14 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2435

Other Title:

Śatarudrīya

Place of Publication:

1786.

१७८६.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Vedic hymns praising the deity Rudra (the howler), a Vedic precedent for the Hindu deity Śiva. Text is often referred to as the Śatarudrīya or 100 Rudras. First two leaves of the manuscript are missing.

Notes:

Title from abbreviation, upper left and lower right margin (f. 22v); alternate title Śatarudrīya supplied by cataloger.

Written in 6-8 lines per leaf.

20 leaves foliated 3-22, upper left and lower right verso.

Dated saṃvat 1843 (1786) (f. 22r).

Scribe is Mukāma Ābhaun (f. 22r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; accents for aid in Vedic recitation 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 415 (UP 2435).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2435.

OCLC:

965447613