Rudrabhāṣya, circa 1700-1850; रुद्रभाष्य,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, prayer, and recitation and is a commentary on an ancient Vedic work, the Śatarudriya, dedicated to the hundred forms of the Vedic god Rudra, an antecedent to the Hindu deity Śiva, and considered to be part of the Taittirīyasaṃhitā of the Yajurveda. The commentary contains an exploration of ideas, rites, ceremonies, and mythology related to the Hindu deity Śiva.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Śaivism; Rudra (Hindu deity); Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (18 leaves) : paper; 14 x 35 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in margins.; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 18 leaves foliated 1-18, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2012

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts