Mahāvākyagāyatrīcathurthapāda, circa 1700-1850; महावाक्यगायत्रीचथुर्थपाद,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Collections of Gāyatrī mantras meant for use in supplementary post-Vedic rituals. Text evokes the Advaita Vedānta philosopher Śaṃkarācārya at the end (f. 2v), suggesting the texts intended retroactive correlation with that tradition.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vedāṅgas; Advaita; Vedanta; Gāyatrī (Hindu deity); Hindu mantras

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

commentaries; treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 7 x 12 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).; Written in 6 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śaṃkarācāryaḥ // iti māhāvākyagāyatrīcaturthapādasamāptaḥ śrīsītārāmacadrārpaṇam astu // śubhaṃ bhavatu // (f. 2v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2739

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts