Sūryātharvaśirasupaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
सूर्याथर्वशिरसुपनिषद्

Format:

• Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Sūrya (Hindu deity).
• Hindu philosophy.
• Philosophy, Indic.
• Rites and ceremonies--India.
• Rites and ceremonies.
• India.

Genre:

• treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
• Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1195

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 Hindu proto-philosophical treatise placing the sun (sūrya) as the highest and most central deity in the universe. Derived primarily from the Atharvaveda, a work that is largely dedicated to various Hindu and Vedic deities and addresses various household rites and rituals and their interpretation.

Notes:

• Title from colophon (f. 2v).
• Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
• 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
• Colophon: ity ātharvavede sūryātharvaśirasasamaptaṃ // (f. 2v).
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 436 (UP 1195).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1195

OCLC:

904021897