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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF
Subject: First Astaka. First Adhyāya of Rg-Veda.
Astaka 1-1-1 to 1-1-37] [Mandala 1-1-1 to 1-5-19 The Rg-Veda consists of eight astakas, each aştaka being com.
posed of eight adhyāyas, each adhyāya being again subdivided into a number of vargas. The general classification adopted in the majority of Rg-veda manuscripts is the one stated above. The classification of the Rg-Veda, generally followed in printed editions of the Rg-Veda in India and abroad is the division of the Rg-Veda into ten mandalas, each mandala being composed of a number of anuvākas, each anu. vāka being again subdivided into a number of sūktas, each sūkta consisting of a number of rks. References to both kinds of classification are given wherever necessary.
Remarks: -See introduction for detailed information regarding
printed editions of the Rg-Veda. The Mss. is in good condition. Words are accented in red ink. Written in a bold and beautiful hand. All pages have gold borders. On the title page there is a coloured picture of God Ganapati in a sitting posture in the left half and in the right half, four rşis are standing greeting the God. The last page is decorated with flowers. The manuscript is about 100 years old, being written on good English paper bearing watermarks ranging from 1825 to 1829.
Il magfiigat II
2. RG-VEDA SAMHITĀ. Burnell's Catalogue No. 2349 a. Page 1. Left column.
Substance--Paper. Size-14X 54 inches. Sheets-10. Lines-8 to a Page. Script-Devanagari. No. of Granthas
-160. Complete : Beginning, end and colophon :-Same as No. 1. Subject: Same as No. 1.
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