Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962103653503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/880424870
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6210365

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Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is dedicated to philosophy, rites, and sociological aspects associated with the Hindu deity Nārāyaṇa; this work associates itself with the Atharvaveda rather than with the larger Taittariyāranyaka, commonly associated with this title. The manuscript is incomplete.

Notes

• Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate title Mahānārāyaṇopaniṣad, supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
   
• 29 leaves foliated 1-29, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents and some corrections written in red throughout.
   

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Subjects topical

• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic
• Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity)
• Vishnu (Hindu deity)
• Rites and ceremonies--India

Genres

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

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