Ṛgvedasaṃdhyāvandanabhāṣya, circa 1700-1850; ऋग्वेदसंध्यावन्दनभाष्य, १७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Ṛgvedasaṃdhyāvandanamantrabhāṣya

Name:

Abhinavanārāyaṇendrasarasvatī

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (bhāṣya) on the saṃdhyāvandana, early morning and evening hymns (recitation of Vedic mantras) and worship (of the Vedic goddess Saṃdhyā, a personification of Dawn or Twilight) and is an ancient Sanskrit liturgy from the Ṛgveda. Written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic; Advaita; Vedanta; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu goddesses

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); commentaries; watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (23 leaves) : paper; 9 x 29 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 23r); alternate title Ṛgvedasaṃdhyāvandanamantrabhāṣya from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 23 leaves foliated 1-23, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīparamahaṃsaparivrājakācārya śrīmannārāyaṇeṃdrasarasvatīviracitaṃ ṛgvedasaṃdhyāvaṃdanabhāṣyasamāptaṃ // (f. 23r).; Mistakes blacked out; vertical margins marked with double red line on some folios.; Watermarks of a coat of arms.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2008

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts