Ātmopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
आत्मोपनिषद्

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Vedas. Atharvaveda. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vedas--Recitation.

Vedas.

Ātman.

Self (Philosophy).

Hindu gods.

Gods, Vedic.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 25 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1207

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 philosophical treatise derived 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. Text deals with different aspects of the Self (ātman), outlining four different kinds of Self.

Notes:

Title from title abbreviation in margins.

Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.

3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents in red.

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 460 (UP 1207).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1207

OCLC:

904697555