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Burnell 188a

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032-003436568
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Reference (shelfmark):
Burnell 188a
Title:
Grāmageya and Āraṇya-gānas of the Sāma Veda
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
foll. 135
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Languages:
Sanskrit
Scripts:
Grantha
Start Date:
1794
End Date:
1794
Date Range:
1794
Era:
CE
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Burnell 188a

Grāmageya and Āraṇya-gānas of the Sāma Veda

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Author:
Title: Grāmageya; Āraṇya-gānas

written in the Grantha character.

Said to be in the Rāṇāyanīya recension, figured for chanting in the modern notation.

The Grāmageyagāna begins fol.1. The Aindra Parvan begins fol. 13r. The Āraṇyagāna begins fol. 97, and ends fol. 135.

The date of the Ms. is given fol. 135.

The Ms. is an excellent one. For its system of number and, in part, letter notation, see R.Simon, Vienna Oriental Journal, xxvii. 322, 323.

Incipit: onnamassāmavedāya | viśvāmitro gāyatrī savitā | oṃ | bhūbhuvasvaḥ | tatsaviturvareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi | dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt || parameṣṭho prajāpatirgāyatryagniḥ | gāyatraṃ | f. 1r
Colophon: anantanāmasaṃvatsare bhādrapadamāse śuklapakṣe dvādaśyām bhaumavāsare śatabhiṣaṅnakṣatrayuktāyāṃ satyāṃ putrakramukagrāme vasanaḥ [corr. tā] śroniva[ā]sadāsena likhito'bhūt | śrīmate nigamāntā(maha(ā) add. corr.) deśikāya nmaḥ | f. 135r

Physical Description

Form: poṭhi
Material: palm leaf
Extent: foll. 135
Dimensions (leaf): 3.8 × 39.3 cm.
Dimensions (written): 3.5 × 33 cm.

Condition

good

good

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 9

7 to 11 lines in a page.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1794

Provenance and Acquisition

Burnell

India Office Library

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Microfilm IOL 122

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