University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 175

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS7509

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 175

Title:

Vedoktapitṛsūkta

Date:

1806.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 11 x 27 cm

Note:

Written in 7-10 lines per leaf.
Non-Latin script record.
Title from colophon (f. 31r).
Bound on top horizontal.
31 leaves foliated 1-31, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti vedoktaṃ pitṛ sūktam // (f. 31r).
Dated saṃvat 1863 and śaka 1728 (1806) (f. 31r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins in red and black; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Formerly housed with item 173 and item 174.
Written for the abolution ceremony (udaka) of Candravallabha (the dedicatee), likely at his funeral (f. 31r).

Keyword:

Manuscripts

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

manuals (instructional materials)

Ancestor worship--Hinduism

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit

Vedic literature

Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9958617343503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3254v/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania