Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Atharvaśīrṣa, circa 1700-1850.

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm.

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a quasi-philosophical Vedic treatise promoting the Sun (Sūrya) as one of the highest beings in the universe and the only deity visible to the naked eye; commonly employed in rites and ceremonies and morning prayer. Verses likely drawn from the Atharvaveda. Manuscript is incomplete.

Title from colophon (f. 3v).

Written in 9 lines per leaf.

2 leaves foliated 2-3, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: ity atharvaśīrṣaṃsamāptaṃ // (f. 3v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents in red.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2747.

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2747

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

अथर्वशीर्ष, १७००-१८५०.