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Nārāyaṇātharvaśira, circa 1700-1850.
नारायणाथर्वशिर
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1110
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Standardized Title:
- Upanishads. Nārāyaṇopaniṣad
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Narayana (Hindu deity).
- Narayana.
- Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity).
- Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
- Hindu philosophy.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Rites and ceremonies--India.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- India.
- Genre:
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 21 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1110
- Other Title:
- Atharvaṇaśikhānārāyaṇopāniṣad.
- 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 dedicated to philosophy, rites, praise, and sociological aspects associated with the Hindu deity Nārāyaṇa.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 2v); alternate titles Atharvaṇaśikhānārāyaṇopāniṣad and Mahānārāyaṇopaniṣad, supplied by cataloger.
- Written in 7 lines per leaf.
- 2 leaves foliated 1-2, lower right verso.
- Colophon: ity upāniṣat // nārāyaṇātharvaśiraṃ // (f. 2v).
- Mistakes blacked out; some 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 616 (UP 1110).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1110
- OCLC:
- 900197602
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