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 purports to be a subsection of the Atharvaveda (f. 2v).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v); alternate title Mahānārāyaṇopaniṣad, supplied by cataloger.
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, lower right verso.
Colophon: ity atharvavede nārāyaṇopānaṣatsamāptaḥ śubham astum (f. 2v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red.

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 619 (UP 731).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 731

OCLC:

880436246