Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1063: Atharvaśira University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1063: Atharvaśira are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from title page (f. 9r); alternate title Atharvaśiropaniṣad supplied by cataloger. Written in 6-10 lines per leaf. 9 leaves foliated [1], 2-9, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes blacked out; a number of corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1063 9963181613503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/897953013 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6318161 Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is an early Hindu philosophical treatise that draws mantras and verses from the Atharvaveda in order to promote various Vedic deities, especially Rudra, a Vedic god known as the Howler, who later became identified with the Hindu deity Śiva. In Sanskrit Atharvaśira अथर्वशिर Colophon: atharvaṇaśiraḥ sa[mā]ptaḥ // śrībhavānīśaṃkarārpaṇam astu // (f. 9r).

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 1 item (9 leaves) : 9 x 12 cm Rudra (Hindu deity) Siva (Hindu deity) Hindu mantras Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Prayers Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century