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Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2747 - Atharvaśīrṣa
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| Title: |
Atharvaśīrṣa, circa 1700-1850.
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| Physical description: |
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm.
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| Language(s): |
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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| Summary: |
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.
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| Subject: |
Sun worship - India.
Rites and ceremonies - India.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
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| Form / Genre: |
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 18th century.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 19th century.
Manuscripts - India - 18th century.
Manuscripts - India - 19th century.
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| Notes: |
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.
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| Indexed / Referenced in: |
Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental
Society, 1938), Poleman 439 (UP 2747).
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| Cite as: |
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2747.
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| Contained in: |
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2747
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| Manuscript location: |
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390
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| Vernacular script: |
अथर्वशीर्ष, १७००-१८५०.
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