Nyāsa, circa 1700-1850; न्यास,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Rudranyāsa; Mahānyāsa

Contributor:

Maheśa (former owner)

Date:

1700

Description:

Hymns for recitation dedicated to Rudra, the Vedic precedent to the Hindu deity Śiva. Verses dedicated to Rudra appear to be drawn from the (Black) Yajurveda, possibly from or related to the Pāśupatasūtra.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Formerly owned by someone named Maheśa whose family name is obscured (f. 8v).

Subject:

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Śaivism; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Rudra (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper; 11 x 22 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in margins; alternate titles Mahānyāsa and Rudranyāsa supplied by cataloger.; Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents in red throughout for 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