Yajñavaibhakhaṃḍa, circa 1700-1850.
यज्ञवैभखण्ड

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Sūtasaṃhitā. Yajñavaibhavakhaṇḍa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Hindu law.

Dharma.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

treatises

watermarks

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (15 leaves) : paper ; 14 x 30 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2753

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is a collection of works dedicated to Śiva, with rules and laws surrounding associated rites and ceremonies.

Notes:

Title from internal colophon of the verso of opening folio.

Written in 8-16 lines per leaf.

15 leaves variously and incoherently foliated, upper left and lower right verso.

Internal colophon: iti sūtasaṃhitāyāṃ yajñavaibhakhaṃḍe caturdaśodhyāyaḥ // (verso of opening folio).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

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 1513 (UP 2753).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2753.

OCLC:

974709760