Details

Subjects:

Tilaks.
Body marking -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Hinduism.
Vishnu (Hindu deity).
Vaishnavism.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for study, reference, and recitation, and is a manual or guide as well as a work of prayer and praise, illuminating the benefits and methods for application of sandalwood paste (candana) and the Hindu deity Viṣṇu. Sandalwood paste is applied to the forehead to create a mark called tilak. These marks often indicate a religious affiliation to a particular deity, in this case, Viṣṇu. This work is considered one of the late, medieval upaniṣads, but contains verses and phrasing drawn from older Vedic sources and has a quasi-philosophical tone.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 1v).
Written in 21 lines per leaf.
1 leaf.
Colophon: atharvaṇe gopīcaṃdanopaniṣat (f. 1v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted 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 562 (UP 1221).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1221

OCLC:

904025724