Atharvaśīrṣa, circa 1700-1850. = अथर्वशीर्ष, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2747
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3bv79v7p - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Sun worship.
India.
Sun worship -- India.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic. - Form/Genre:
- Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
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 Atharvaveda. Manuscript is incomplete.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 3v).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 2-3, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ity atharvaśīrṣaṃsamāptaṃ // (f. 3v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents in red. - 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 439 (UP 2747).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2747.
- OCLC:
- 974706118