Details

Standardized Title:

Vedas. Atharvaveda. Selections.

Other Title:

Mahānārāyaṇopaniṣad.

Subjects:

Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Narayana (Hindu deity).
Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity).
Vishnu (Hindu deity).
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is dedicated to philosophy, rites, and sociological aspects associated with the Hindu deity Nārāyaṇa; this work associates itself with the Atharvaveda rather than with the larger Taittariyāranyaka, commonly associated with this title. The manuscript is incomplete.

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate title Mahānārāyaṇopaniṣad, supplied by cataloger.
Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
29 leaves foliated 1-29, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents and some corrections written in red throughout.

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 618 (UP 729).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 729

OCLC:

880424871