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• bibid: 9963598113503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/904025951
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6359811

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Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation. The first text is a Hindu pseudo-philosophical treatise, used also in a prayer or ritual context, especially for Vaiṣṇavites, derived from the Athārvaveda and comprised, in part, of Vedic mantras; though written in the style of a late Vedic upaniṣad, it may have been written in the post-Vedic period. The second text is dedicated to the philosophy, rites, praise, and sociological aspects associated with the Hindu deity Nārāyaṇa.

Notes

• Title for manuscript supplied by cataloger; titles of component works from colophons (Part 1, f. 1v; Part 2, f. 4v).
   
• Written in 15-20 lines per leaf.
   
• 5 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1; (Part 2) 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Final colophon: iti nārāyaṇātharvaśiraṃsamāptaṃ // (f. 4v).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   

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Subjects topical

• Hindu mantras
• Vaishnavism
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity)
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic

Genres

• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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