Ritual text teaching how to touch parts of the body while reciting Vedic mantras to Rudra taken from the Taittirīyasaṃhitā.
Language:
Sanskrit
Provenance:
Written by Sonabhaṭṭamoravaṇīkaravāghopanāmaka (f. 14v) and formerly owned by Sonabhaṭṭamoravaṇīkara (f. 1r), likely the same person.; Sonabhaṭṭamoravaṇīkara, former owner.
Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Mahānyāsa supplied from colophon (f. 14v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 14 leaves foliated 1-14, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti mahānyāsapustakaṃ likhitaṃ sonabhaṭṭamoravaṇīkaravāghopanāmakena svārthaṃ parārthaṃ ca // mi - bhādrapadakṛṣṇe 7 iṃduvāsare sa[ṃ]vat 1871 // patrasaṃkhyā 14 // śrīsāṃbasadāśivārpaṇamastu // (f. 14v).; Dated saṃvat 1871 (1814) on Monday the 7th of Bhādrapada (August-September) (f. 14v).; Mistakes covered over in orange or blacked out; some corrections in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line; accents given in red.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 94
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