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Nārāyaṇa upaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
नारायण उपनिषद्
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1183
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Standardized Title:
- Upanishads. Nārāyaṇopaniṣad
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Vedas--Recitation.
- Vedas.
- Narayana (Hindu deity).
- Narayana.
- Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity).
- Vishnu (Hindu deity).
- Vishnu.
- Hindu mantras.
- Rites and ceremonies--India.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- India.
- Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
- Hindu philosophy.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Genre:
- treatises
- prayers (compositions)
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (9 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 18 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1183
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a late Vedic philosophical treatise dedicated to the philosophy, rites, and sociological aspects associated with the Hindu deity Nārāyaṇa and containing mantras for the purpose of praising him.
- Notes:
- Title from marginal note in second scribal hand (f. 37v).
- Written in 7 lines per leaf.
- 9 leaves foliated 29-37, upper left and lower right verso.
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; 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 461 (UP 1183).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1183
- OCLC:
- 903655591
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