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Other Title:

Devyupaniṣad.
Devyatharvaśīrṣopaniṣad.
Devi Atharva.
Devyarthaśīrṣa.

Subjects:

Shaktism.
Vedanta.
Hindu chants.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).

Summary:

The Devī declares her transcendental nature to the gods, who have approached her (ff. 1r-2v), and the gods then recite a hymn in her praise (ff. 2v-end).

Notes:

Title from colophon. Title abbreviation "De * A" occurs in upper left margins of verso folios. The cover folio (1r) and f. 8v, probably written in another hand, refer to the text as Devi Atharva. Mistakenly cataloged by Poleman as Devyarthaśīrṣa.
Written 7 lines per leaf.
Good condition. Lengthy addition on f. 5v. Mistakes covered over with yellow.
Begins:śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ om̐ sarve vai devā devīm upatasthuḥ kāsi tvaṁ mahādevi sābravīd ahaṁ brahmasvarūpiṇī mattaḥ prakṛtipuruṣātmakaṁ jagat śūnyaṁ cāśūnyaṁ ca
Ends (f. 7v-8r): saha nau bhunaktu. saha vīryaṁ karavāvahai tejasvināvadhītam astu mā vi[f. 8r]dviṣāvahai om̐ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ
Colophon (f. 8r): iti devyatharvaśīrṣaṁ samāptaṁ śrīśivārpaṇam astu

Cited in:

Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 4471 (UP 949).
Listed in Kunhan Raja, ed., New Catalogus Catalogorum, vol. 8 (Madras, India: University of Madras, 1974), p. 164.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 949

OCLC:

406597365