Details

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Nārāyaṇopaniṣad

Other Title:

Atharvaṇaśikhānārāyaṇopāniṣad.
Mahānārāyaṇopaniṣad.

Subjects:

Narayana (Hindu deity).
Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
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, praise, and sociological aspects associated with the Hindu deity Nārāyaṇa.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v); alternate titles Atharvaṇaśikhānārāyaṇopāniṣad and Mahānārāyaṇopaniṣad, supplied by cataloger.
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, lower right verso.
Colophon: ity upāniṣat // nārāyaṇātharvaśiraṃ // (f. 2v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red 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 616 (UP 1110).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1110

OCLC:

900197602