Details

Standardized Title:

Vedas. Atharvaveda. Selections.

Other Title:

Nārāyaṇopaniṣad.
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 Nārāyaṇopaniṣad, from marginal abbreviation; second alternate title Mahānārāyaṇopaniṣad, supplied by cataloger.
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, lower right verso.
Colophon: ity atharvaṇaśikhānārāyaṇopāniṣatsamāptaḥ oṃ śāṃti 3 / śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ (f. 2v).
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 625 (UP 966).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 966

OCLC:

891661880