Nārāyaṇopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
नारायणोपनिषद्

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Nārāyaṇopaniṣad

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vedas--Recitation.

Vedas.

Narayana (Hindu deity).

Narayana.

Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity).

Vishnu (Hindu deity).

Vishnu.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Hindu mantras.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (40 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 17 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 946

Other Title:

Mahānārāyaṇopaniṣad.

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a late Vedic philosophical treatise dedicated to the philosophy, rites, and sociological aspects associated with the Hindu deity Nārāyaṇa and containing mantras for the purpose of praising him.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 40v); alternate title Mahānārāyaṇopaniṣad supplied by cataloger.

Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.

40 leaves foliated 1-40, upper left and lower right verso.

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents and some corrections written in red throughout; significant symbols, words, and phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.

Colophon: iti nārāyaṇa upaniṣadsamāptaḥ // caturthaḥ // (f. 40v).

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 622 (UP 946).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 946

OCLC:

889890427