Details

Other Title:

Sūryātharvaśiram.

Subjects:

Sūrya (Hindu deity).
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu quasi-philosophical treatise placing the sun (sūrya) as the highest and central most deity in the universe.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger; alternate title Sūryātharvaśiram from incipit.
Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ya evaṃ vedety upaniṣat / oṃm // śrī // (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 797 (UP 988).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 988

OCLC:

891752055