Atharvaṇadviślokī, circa 1700-1850.
अथर्वणद्विश्लोकी

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Self (Philosophy).

Human body--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Human body.

Advaita.

Vedanta.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

watermarks

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 15 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1133

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a philosophical treatise drawn from a collection of verses that are derived from and inspired by early Vedic works such as the Samaveda, Yajurveda, and the Atharvaveda; presents differing views on the relationship of the body to the universe and the nature of the Self (ātman).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).

Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.

2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti atharvaṇadviślokīsamāptaḥ (f. 2v).

Mistakes blacked out; significant syllables, numbers, and verse dividers highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double red line.

Watermark of partial crest bearing circles on top of which there is a Christian cross; this watermark only bears one and a half circles the first having a crescent moon and below which are partial initials, possibly G.B.

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 4190 (UP 1133).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1133

OCLC:

898495951