Details

Subjects:

Sūrya (Hindu deity).
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 a Hindu proto-philosophical treatise placing the sun (sūrya) as the highest and most central deity in the universe. Derived primarily from the Atharvaveda, a work that is largely dedicated to various Hindu and Vedic deities and addresses various household rites and rituals and their interpretation.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ity ātharvavede sūryātharvaśirasasamaptaṃ // (f. 2v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or 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 436 (UP 1195).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1195

OCLC:

904021897