Atharvaveda upaniṣads, circa 1700-1850.

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Vedas. Atharvaveda. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu gods.

Gods, Vedic.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts.

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Physical Description:

1 item (183 leaves) : paper ; 14 x 24 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 986

Other Title:

Upaniṣad ātharvaṇa.

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a Hindu philosophical treatise containing about forty-five small upaniṣads 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.

Contents:

Muṇḍakopaniṣad (f. 1v-8r)

Praśnopaniṣad (f. 8r-5r)

Brahmavidyopaniṣad (f. 15r-16r)

Kṣarikopaniṣad (f. 16r-17v)

Unidentified (f. 17v-18v)

Atharvaśiras upaniṣad (f. 24r-24v)

Atharvaśikhopaniṣad (f. 24v-26r)

Garbhopaniṣad (f. 26r-28v)

Mahopaniṣad (f. 28v-29v)

Brahmopaniṣad (f. 29v-33r)

Prāṇāgnihotropaniṣad (f. 33r-35v)

Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad with commentary (f.35v-50v)

Nīlarudropaniṣad (f. 50v-52r)

Nādabindūpaniṣad (f. 52r-53v)

Brahmabindūpaniṣad (f. 53v-55r)

Amṛtabindūpaniṣad (f. 55r-57v)

Dhyanabindūpaniṣad (f. 57v-58v)

Tejabindūpaniṣad (f. 59r-59v)

Yogaśikhopaniṣad (f. 59v-60v)

Yogasattvopaniṣad (f. 60v-61r)

Saṃnyāsopaniṣad (f. 61r-63v)

Āruṇeyopaniṣad (f. 63v-65r)

Kaṭhaśrutyupaniṣad (f. 65r-67v)

Piṇḍopaniṣad (f. 67v-68r)

Ātmaupaniṣad (Ātmopaniṣad) (f. 68r-69r)

Nārasiṃhaṣaṭcakropaniṣad (f. 69r-84r)

Nṛsiṃhottaratapanīyopaniṣad (f. 84r-96r)

Kenopaniṣad (f. 96r-105v)

Nārāyaṇopaniṣad (f. 106r-107v)

Ātmabodhopaniṣad (f. 107v-108r)

Mahānārāyaṇopaniṣad (f. 108r-136v)

Rāmapūrvatāyinīyopaniṣad (f. 137r-143r)

Rāmopaniṣad (f. 143r-149v)

Sarvopaniṣad (f. 143v-149v)

Haṃsopaniṣad (f. 149v-151r)

Paramahaṃsopaniṣad (f. 151r-152v)

Ānandavallī (from the Taittirīyopaniṣad) (f. 152v-160v)

Kālāgnirudropaniṣad (f.160v-162r)

Ātharvaṇopaniṣad (f. 162v-173v)

Kṛṣṇopaniṣad (f. 173v-175r)

Vāsudevopaniṣad (f. 175r-177r)

Gopīcandanopaniṣad (f. 177r-179v)

Śvetāśvataropaniṣad (f. 179v-188v)

Brahmopaniṣad (incomplete) (f. 188v).

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger; alternate title Upaniṣad ātharvaṇa from title page (f. 1r).

Written in 9 lines per leaf.

183 leaves foliated 1-18, 24-188, upper left and lower right verso.

Internal colophon: iti śvetośvataropanis̄ptā // (f. 188v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, and phrases, highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with triple black 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 430 (UP 986).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 986

Contains:

Upanishads. Muṇḍakopaniṣad

Upanishads. Praśnopaniṣad

Upanishads. Garbhopaniṣad

Upanishads. Mahopaniṣad

Upanishads. Prāṇāgnihotropaniṣad

Upanishads. Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad

Upanishads. Amr̥tabindūpaniṣad

Upanishads. Sannyāsopaniṣad

Upanishads. Nr̥siṃhatāpanīyopaniṣad

Upanishads. Kenopaniṣad

Upanishads. Nārāyaṇopaniṣad

Upanishads. Mahānārāyaṇopaniṣad

Upanishads. Taittirīyopaniṣad. Ānandavallī.

Upanishads. Śvetāśvataropaniṣad

Brahmavidyopaniṣad.

Kṣarikopaniṣad.

Atharvaśiras upaniṣad.

Atharvaśikhopaniṣad.

Brahmopaniṣad.

Nīlarudropaniṣad.

Nādabindūpaniṣad.

Brahmabindūpaniṣad.

Dhyanabindūpaniṣad.

Tejabindūpaniṣad.

Yogaśikhopaniṣad.

Yogasattvopaniṣad.

Āruṇeyopaniṣad.

Kaṭhaśrutyupaniṣad.

Piṇḍopaniṣad.

Ātmaupaniṣad.

Ātmopaniṣad.

Nārasiṃhaṣaṭcakropaniṣad.

Ātmabodhopaniṣad.

Rāmapūrvatāyinīyopaniṣad.

Rāmopaniṣad.

Sarvopaniṣad.

Haṃsopaniṣad.

Paramahaṃsopaniṣad.

Kālāgnirudropaniṣad.

Ātharvaṇopaniṣad.

Kṛṣṇopaniṣad.

Vāsudevopaniṣad.

Gopīcandanopaniṣad.

OCLC:

891756949