Svapnādhyāyastotra, circa 1700-1850; स्वप्नाध्यायस्तोत्र,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Br̥haspati

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a kind of treatise, commentary, and hymn (stotra) about the Svapnādhyāya or Dream chapter, a section of supplemental Vedic literature (Pariśiṣṭa) that highlights the ritual performances related to the hymns of the Atharva Veda; text deals with astrological subjects and especially divination. There is a flower diagram (yantra) with Sanskrit characters on the leaves, on the front cover (f. 1r).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Divination; Astronomy; Hindu astronomy; Hindu astrology; Astronomy -- India; Divination -- India; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Hymns; Diagrams; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).; Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves.; Colophon: iti śrīvṛhasyatikṛtaṃ svapādhyāyastotre sapūrṇaṃm śubham astu (f. 2v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts