Sūryanārāyaṇopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; सूर्यनारायणोपनिषद्,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 as the sun (sūrya).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Sūrya (Hindu deity); 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

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 12 x 17 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 13-14 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some additions in margins.; Colophon: ity upaniṣat // i sūryathirvaśiraṃ [samptaṃ] // oṃ tat sad brahmārpaṇaṃ a- (f. 3v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts