Sūryātharvaśirasupaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
सूर्याथर्वशिरसुपनिषद्

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Sūrya (Hindu deity).

Sūrya.

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