Sahasraśo ye rudra, circa 1700-1850
सहस्रशो ये रुद्र, १७००-१८५०

Description
Hymns for recitation dedicated to Rudra, the Vedic precedent to the Hindu deity Śiva. Appears to be verses dedicated to Rudra drawn from the (Black) Yajurveda, possibly from or related to the Pāśupatasūtra.
Alternate Title
Rudranyāsa
Form
manuscripts (documents)
prayers (compositions)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Śaivism
Rudra (Hindu deity)
Rites and ceremonies
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit
Devotional literature, Sanskrit
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (23 leaves) : paper ; 7 x 16 cm
Notes
Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate title supplied by cataloger.
Written in 6 lines per leaf.
23 leaves foliated 2-24, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ity aṣṭāgaṃpraṇamya // (f. 24v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents in red throughout to aid with recitation; vertical margins marked with double black line.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related Work: Kauṇḍinya. Pasupatasutra. Selections.
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p39541
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2028
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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