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Vāsudevopaniṣad, 1645. = वासुदेवोपनिषद्, १६४५.

Publication:
1645.
१६४५.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 28 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 913
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Subjects:
Vedas. Atharvaveda.
Rites and ceremonies.
Vaishnavism.
Philosophy, Indic.
Hindu philosophy.
Hindu mantras.
India.
Vedas. Atharvaveda -- Early works to 1800.
Hindu mantras -- Early works to 1800.
Hindu philosophy -- Early works to 1800.
Philosophy, Indic -- Early works to 1800.
Vaishnavism -- Early works to 1800.
Rites and ceremonies -- India -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Treatises.
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a kind of Hindu philosophical treatise, but used also in a prayer or ritual context, especially for Vaiṣṇavites, derived from the Athārvaveda and comprised, in part, of Vedic mantras; though written in the style of a late Vedic upaniṣad, may have been written in the post-Vedic period.
Notes:
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Dated saṃvat 1702 (1645) (f. 2v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.
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 769 (UP 913).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 913
OCLC:
887855907