Atharvaśira, circa 1700-1850.
अथर्वशिर

Format:

• Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Rudra (Hindu deity).
• Śiva (Hindu deity).
• Siva (Hindu deity).
• Hindu mantras.
• Hindu philosophy.
• Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

• treatises
• prayers (compositions)
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
• Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (9 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 12 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1063

Other Title:

Atharvaśiropaniṣad.

Place of Publication:

• circa 1700-1850.
• १७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is an early Hindu philosophical treatise that draws mantras and verses from the Atharvaveda in order to promote various Vedic deities, especially Rudra, a Vedic god known as the Howler, who later became identified with the Hindu deity Śiva.

Notes:

• Title from title page (f. 9r); alternate title Atharvaśiropaniṣad supplied by cataloger.
• Written in 6-10 lines per leaf.
• 9 leaves foliated [1], 2-9, upper left and lower right verso.
• Colophon: atharvaṇaśiraḥ sa[mā]ptaḥ // śrībhavānīśaṃkarārpaṇam astu // (f. 9r).
• Mistakes blacked out; a number of 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 434 (UP 1063).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1063

OCLC:

897953063