Pavamānasoma, circa 1700-1850; पवमानसोम,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Opening 12 sections of the ninth book of the Ṛgveda, most addressing purified Soma (pavamāna-Soma), an herbal drug and deity to which many early Vedic hymns are written. The final verse is from a different section of the Ṛgveda, beginning: ruco akṣare parame vyoman (f. 13r).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Soma; Soma (Hindu deity); Hindu hymns, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Hymns (documents); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (13 leaves) : paper; 9 x 18 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in margins.; Written in 6 lines per leaf.; 13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents in red throughout to aid with recitation; vertical margins marked with double red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts