Trikālasaṃdhyātarpaṇa, 1787; त्रिकालसंध्यातर्पण,१७८७

Date:

1787

Description:

Manuscript is a kind of manual for priests or householders outlining the performance of daily rites of transition (at waking, before noon meal, and before sleep), containing a selection of hymns (some drawn from Vedic sources such as the Gāyatrī mantra) to be recited along with a set of observances.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Noon; Morning customs; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Morning customs -- Religious aspects; Noon -- Religious aspects; Night -- Religious aspects

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (6 leaves) : paper; 10 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 6v); alternate title Trikālasaṃdhyā supplied by cataloger.; Written in 15-18 lines per leaf.; 6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti gāyatrīvidhi // trikālasaṃdhyātarpaṇaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 6r).; Dated saṃvat 1834 (1787) (f. 6r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts