Māhānyāsa, circa 1700-1850; माहान्यास,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Collection of Vedic mantras drawn from the hymns of the Ṛgveda for use in rites and ceremonies.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu mantras; 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; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (16 leaves) : paper; 12 x 16 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r).; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; 16 leaves foliated 1-16, middle left verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents 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