Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇāraṇyaka, 1641; कौषीतकिब्राह्मणारण्यक,१६४१

Contributor:

Bhānudeva, (Son of Narasiṃha) (scribe)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1641

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a Hindu treatise and manual dealing with various kinds of Vedic ritual sacrifice and their interpretation, sometimes bringing early forms of philosophical exegesis to bear on early rituals.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies; Philosophy, Indic; Hindu philosophy; Hindu philosophy -- Early works to 1800; Philosophy, Indic -- Early works to 1800; Rites and ceremonies -- India -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuals (instructional materials); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (21 leaves) : paper; 9 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India; Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India) -- Early works to 1800

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from internal colophon (f. 5v).; Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.; 21 leaves foliated 1-18, 20-12, 23, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti āraṇyake catrurthodhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 23r).; Dated saṃvat 1698 (1641) (f. 23r).; Scribe is Bhānudeva, son of Narasiṃha, of the famous pilgrimage center of Vārāṇasī (f. 23r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 925

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts