Rudranyāsa, circa 1700-1850; रुद्रन्यास,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Baudhāyana

Date:

1700

Description:

Ritual text teaching how to touch parts of the body while reciting Vedic mantras to Rudra, taken from the Taittirīyasaṃhitā.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rudra (Hindu deity); Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu law; Dharma

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Texts; Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper; 11 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r).; Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Watermark of a crest incorporating flora and fauna.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts