Atharvaśiropaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; अथर्वशिरोपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०
Date:
1700
Description:
Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is a late Vedic work, a philosophical treatise that reinterprets the symbolic value of Hindu rites and rituals, but points especially to the centrality of the Vedic god Rudra, an early form of the Hindu deity Śiva, within the constructed universe.
Title from colophon (f. 4v).; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: ity atharvaśiropaniṣatsamāptimagamat (f. 4v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390
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