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Title

Atharvaveda upaniṣads

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 986
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962766313503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/891756962
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6276631

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a Hindu philosophical treatise containing about forty-five small upaniṣads 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 supplied by cataloger; alternate title Upaniṣad ātharvaṇa from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 9 lines per leaf.
   
• 183 leaves foliated 1-18, 24-188, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Internal colophon: iti śvetośvataropanis̄ptā // (f. 188v).
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, and phrases, highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with triple black line.
   

Extent

1 item (183 leaves) : 14 x 24 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Hindu gods
• Gods, Vedic
• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic

Genres

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

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