Sūryātharvaśīrṣa, 1756.
सूर्याथर्वशीर्ष

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Vedas. Atharvaveda. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Indic.

Hindu philosophy.

Rites and ceremonies.

Sun worship.

India.

Sun worship--India--Early works to 1800.

Rites and ceremonies--India--Early works to 1800.

Hindu philosophy--Early works to 1800.

Philosophy, Indic--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

treatises

prayers (compositions)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 15 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 963

Other Title:

Sūryopaniṣad.

Place of Publication:

1756.

१७५६.

Language Note:

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 Atharva Veda.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3v); alternate title Sūryopaniṣad supplied by cataloger.

Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.

3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti sūryātharvaśīrṣasamāptaḥ // śake 1678 durmukhanāmasavaschareśrāvaṇaśu // 7 navami samáptaḥ // (f. 3v).

Dated śaka 1678 (1756) (f. 3v).

Mistakes 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 799 (UP 963).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 963

OCLC:

891661510