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

Date:

1700

Description:

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.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Narayana (Hindu deity); Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity); Vishnu (Hindu deity); Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu mantras; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (46 leaves) : paper; 12 x 17 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 48v); alternate title Mahānārāyaṇopaniṣad supplied by cataloger.; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 46 leaves foliated 1-28, 31-48, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents written in red throughout. Manuscript lacks an ending.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 962

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts