Nārāyaṇa atharva, circa 1700-1850; नारायण अथर्व, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is an early Hindu philosophical treatise that draws mantras and verses from various Vedic sources in order to promote the Hindu deity Nārāyaṇa; this work purports to be a subsection of the Atharvaveda.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Narayana (Hindu deity); Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity); Vaishnavism; Hindu mantras; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); treatises; prayers (compositions); Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 9 x 13 cm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from title abbreviation in margin (f. 1r); alternate title Mahānārāyaṇopaniṣad supplied by cataloger.; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: ity[o]paniṣat // (f. 3v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1064

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts