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Atharvopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
आथर्वोपनिषद्
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 719
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Standardized Title:
- Vedas. Atharvaveda. Selections.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Hindu philosophy.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Rites and ceremonies--India.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- India.
- Genre:
- manuals (instructional materials)
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 24 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 719
- Other Title:
- Atharvaśirasupaniṣad.
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript used for consultation, study, and interpretation of household rites and ceremonies, derived and interpreted from the Atharvaveda, often with a philosophical perspective.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 5v); alternate title Atharvaśirasupaniṣad supplied by cataloger.
- Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
- 5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: atharvopaniṣat // (f. 5v).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or 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 440 (UP 719).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 719
- OCLC:
- 880437539
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