Nārāyaṇa atharvaśira, circa 1700-1850; नारायण अथर्वशिर,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:

Treatises; Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 9 x 14 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Atharvaśiralaghu from colophon (f. 3v).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: hariḥ oṃ tat sat atharvaṇaśiralaghusamāptaḥ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // (f. 3v).; Mistakes blacked out; a number of corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts