• R̥gveda padapāṭha (The Rigveda word by word)
    ऋग्वेद पदपाठ

Extent:
  • folders 77-81, *69-*81, 82, *83, 83, 141-144
Format:
Contents:
  • folder 77 (Third series 9): <Ŗgveda padapāṭha>. Incomplete (saptamāṣṭaka I 1 - V 30), III series 9. fols. 1-73.
  • folder 78 (Third series 10): <Ŗgveda padapāṭha>. Incomplete (pañcamāṣṭaka). III series 10. 1 fol., fols. 1-99, 1 fol.
  • 78-81 together between wooden boards.
  • folder 79 (Third series 11): <Ŗgveda padapāṭha>. Incomplete (ṣaṣṭamāṣṭaka). III series 11. 1 fol., fols. 1-102, 1 fol.
  • folder 80 (Third series 12): <Ŗgveda padapāṭha>. Incomplete (saptamāṣṭaka). III series 12. 1 fol., fols. 1-97, 100, 1 fol.
  • folder 81 (Third series 13): <Ŗgveda padapāṭha>. Incomplete (aṣṭamāṣṭaka). III series 13. 1 fol., fols. 1-99, 1 fol.
  • folder *69: Vaṭāsāvitrīvrata from the Bhaviṣyottarapurāņa. Incomplete. fols. 1-3.
  • folder *70: Rāmarakṣāstotra. fols. 1-2.
  • folder *71: Bhavānīsahasranāmāvalī. fols. 1-14.
  • folder *72: Gotrapravaraśānti. Incomplete. fol. 1.
  • folder *73: Ailagīta from skandha XI of Bhāgavatapurāņa. fols. 1-4.
  • folder *74: Goprasavaśānti from Adbhutasāgara. Copied by Jayarāma Laghāḍhya on 11 vadi Jyeṣṭha in Saṃ 1845, Śaka 1710 [ca. 29 June 1788] . fol. 1.
  • folder *75: Mahiṣīdāna from Dānamayūkha (of Nīlakaņṭha). Copied by Jayarāma Laghāḍhya 12 vadi Jyeṣṭha Saṃ 1845, Śaka 1710 [ca. 30 June 1788]. fol. 1.
  • folder *77: Rāmacandrapūja. fols. 1-2.
  • folder *78: (title in margin). Incomplete. 1 fol.
  • folder *79: Mṛtyuñjayāṣṭakastotra of Mārkaņḍeya. fols. 1-<2>.
  • folder *80: Kākasparśaśānti. fols. 1-2, 2b-3.
  • folder *81: Muhūrtamārtaņḍa . Incomplete. 1 fol.
  • folder 82: Śīghrabodha of Kāśīnātha. Incomplete. fols. 1-11.
  • folder *83 (IV Series 4): Picture of Arjuna and Kṛṣņa.
  • folder 83: Mahiṣīdāna. fols. 1-3.
  • folder 141: . 1 fol.
  • folder 142: . fols. 1-5, <6>.
  • folder 143: Rudra. Incomplete. fols. 1-15.
  • folder 144: Viṣṇusahasranāmāvalī. pp. 1-7.
Description:
  • Contents of folder *76 are missing.
Subject:
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Curator's notes:

  • Sanskrit, in Devanāgarī script
    India, 19th century?, paper

    This is a Sanskrit manuscript presenting an ancient linguistic analysis of the Rigveda, which itself is the oldest of the Vedas, and had a long oral tradition before being written down. In the 19th century, paper was coming into more general use; yet, as witnessed by this ordinary manuscript, the leaves are unbound and loose, still maintaining a link with the palm leaf tradition.

    Gift of Robert Garrett, Class of 1897, 1942
    Garrett Indic GIM 78

    For further reading

    Bronkhorst, Johannes. “Some observations on the Padapāṭha of the Ṛgveda.” Indo-Iranian Journal 24 (1982): 181-9.

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