Nārāyaṇa upaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
नारायण उपनिषद्

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Nārāyaṇopaniṣad

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vedas--Recitation.

Vedas.

Narayana (Hindu deity).

Narayana.

Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity).

Vishnu (Hindu deity).

Vishnu.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Hindu mantras.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (11 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 18 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1182

Other Title:

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 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 title page (f. 1r); alternate title Mahānārāyaṇopaniṣad supplied by cataloger.

Written in 5-7 lines per leaf.

11 leaves foliated 1-11, upper left and lower right verso.

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse dividers in red throughout; metrical accents 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 627 (UP 1182).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1182

OCLC:

903660288