Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1103: Nārāyaṇa upaniṣad University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1103: Nārāyaṇa upaniṣad 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 ©2018 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts 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 marginal note (f. 30v); alternate title Mahānārāyaṇopaniṣad supplied by cataloger. Written in 7 lines per leaf. 30 leaves foliated 1-30, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins, some of which are written in a second scribal hand; metrical accents and some corrections written in red throughout. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1103 9963187273503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/898034524 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6318727 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. In Sanskrit Nārāyaṇa upaniṣad नारायण उपनिषद्

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 1 item (30 leaves) : 10 x 22 cm Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity) Vishnu (Hindu deity) Rites and ceremonies--India Hindu mantras Devotional literature, Sanskrit Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century