Details

Standardized Title:

Vedas. Atharvaveda. Selections.

Other Title:

Sūryopaniṣad.

Subjects:

Philosophy, Indic.
Hindu philosophy.
Rites and ceremonies.
Sun worship.
India.
Sun worship -- India -- Early works to 1800.
Rites and ceremonies -- India -- Early works to 1800.
Hindu philosophy -- Early works to 1800.
Philosophy, Indic -- Early works to 1800.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a quasi-philosophical Vedic treatise promoting the Sun (Sūrya) as one of the highest beings in the universe and the only deity visible to the naked eye; commonly employed in rites and ceremonies and morning prayer. Verses likely drawn from the Atharva Veda.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3v); alternate title Sūryopaniṣad supplied by cataloger.
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti sūryātharvaśīrṣasamāptaḥ // śake 1678 durmukhanāmasavaschareśrāvaṇaśu // 7 navami samáptaḥ // (f. 3v).
Dated śaka 1678 (1756) (f. 3v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 799 (UP 963).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 963

OCLC:

891661510