Sūtasaṃhita. Yajñavaibhavakhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 47, circa 1700-1850; सूतसंहित.यज्ञवैभवखण्ड,अध्याय ४७,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Mādhavācārya

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript of a text from a Śaiva work that aligns the god Śiva with Vedic practices. This small section of the text seems to be dedicated to the god Brahmā and is possibly part of a Brahmagītā text. Discusses ritual practices, sacrifice, caste observance, philosophy and other themes. A commentary, the Sūtasaṃhitātātparyadīpikā by Mādhavācārya, runs parallel above and below the root text.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Brahma (Hindu deity); Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper; 15 x 28 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8v); title of commentary Sūtasaṃhitātātparyadīpikā from colophon (f. 8v); alternate title of commentary Tātparyadīpikā from colophon (f. 8v).; Written in 13-16 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmatkāśīvilāsakriyāśaktiparamabhaktaśrīma[t]tryaṃbakapādā[??]asevāparāyaṇenopapaniṣanmārgapravarttakena mādhavācāryeṇa viracitāyāṃ sūtasaṃhitātātparyadīpikāyāṃ yajñavaibhavākhye caturthakhaṃḍe saptacatvārīṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ // pūrvārdhasamāptaṃ // (f. 8v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2399

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts