Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1236: Atharvaśiras upaniṣad University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1236: Atharvaśiras 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 ©2017 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 for manuscript from title abbreviations in margins for first work (f. 1-9); title of second work, Śvetāśvataropaniṣad, from marginal abbreviations (f. 10-22). Written in 8-10 lines per leaf. 22 leaves foliated 1-22, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; metrical accents in red; 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 1236 9963665423503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/904707068 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6366542 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 and principles such as the universal form (viśvarūpa), and highlight and emphasize an understanding of the self (ātman). Contains another unidentified text, possibly the Śvetāśvataropaniṣad, dedicated to the Vedic deity Rudra, seen as an early precedent for the deity Śiva. In Sanskrit Atharvaśiras upaniṣad अथर्वशिरस् उपनिषद्

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 1 item (22 leaves) : 11 x 23 cm Hindu mantras Self (Philosophy) Ātman Rudra (Hindu deity) Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Prayers Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century