Praise of Indra, circa 1700-1850

Date:

1700

Description:

Hymns from the Ṛgveda, with metrical accents for recitation and use in Vedic rites and ceremonies, celebrating and praising the Vedic deity Indra, such as his defeat of the serpent Vṛtra.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu mythology; Indra (Hindu deity); Vṛtra; Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 12 x 19 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with quadruple red line.; Watermark of a partial shield-crest with the letters E, I, and C within the three lower quadrants.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts