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Title

Nārāyaṇopaniṣad
नारायणोपनिषद्

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 946
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962595063503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/889890435
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6259506

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a late Vedic philosophical treatise dedicated to the philosophy, rites, and sociological aspects associated with the Hindu deity Nārāyaṇa and containing mantras for the purpose of praising him.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 40v); alternate title Mahānārāyaṇopaniṣad supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 40 leaves foliated 1-40, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents and some corrections written in red throughout; significant symbols, words, and phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   

Extent

1 item (40 leaves) : 12 x 17 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti nārāyaṇa upaniṣadsamāptaḥ // caturthaḥ // (f. 40v).

Subjects topical

• Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity)
• Vishnu (Hindu deity)
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu mantras
• 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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