Mahāvākyagāyatrīcathurthapāda, circa 1700-1850.
महावाक्यगायत्रीचथुर्थपाद

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vedāṅgas.

Advaita.

Vedanta.

Gāyatrī (Hindu deity).

Gāyatrī.

Hindu mantras.

Genre:

commentaries

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 7 x 12 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2739

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Collections of Gāyatrī mantras meant for use in supplementary post-Vedic rituals. Text evokes the Advaita Vedānta philosopher Śaṃkarācārya at the end (f. 2v), suggesting the texts intended retroactive correlation with that tradition.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).

Written in 6 lines per leaf.

2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śaṃkarācāryaḥ // iti māhāvākyagāyatrīcaturthapādasamāptaḥ śrīsītārāmacadrārpaṇam astu // śubhaṃ bhavatu // (f. 2v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 413 (UP 2739).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2739.

OCLC:

974706751