[Atharvaśiraupaniṣad]
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE47829
Type
Manuscrit
Subject
Upaniṣad, Saiva
Language
English
Creator
IFP and San Marga Trust
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_020015
Manuscript No.
RE47829b
Title Alternate Script
[अथर्वशिरौपनिषद्]
Subject Description
Language
Script
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Good
Manuscript Extent
[Incomplete]
Folios in Text
14
Folio Range of Text
21 - 34
Lines per Side
19 - 20
Folios in Bundle
159
Width
18 cm
Length
22 cm
Bundle No.
RE47829
Other Texts in Bundle
Miscellaneous Notes
In fact the text deals with Lord Rudra and has been written in English under the title "acarvacirac"(atharvaśiras). Therefore the title assumed here is atharvaśira upaniṣad. Folios 35 - 54 record miscellaneous subjectmatters written in different scripts and languges haphazerdly.Fol - 35 - 44 records fragments of sanskrit texts, fol - 45 - 47 history of cyclone, fol - 48 - 52 list of purificatory texts etc., fol - 53 - 54 tripurasaṃhāra, a fragmenatary treatment in sanskrit
Manuscript Beginning
Fol - 21, l - 1; atharvacirac। The gods went heaven. They asked rudra, "who art thou". He said " I alone was before (all things), and I exist and I shall be. No other …… eluds me. He entered in to one space after another, and in to the space of the sky
Manuscript Ending
Fol - 34, l - 7; agni, who resides in fire and in … … .. Waters, who has ……. In to these plants, who found all these worlds. By T. Inuir, D.Cḹ, LL.D, Ph.D. vol - IV, Lindou Irubnert co. 57, 59, Ludgate hill
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
Key
manuscripts_020015
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License
Cite as
[Atharvaśiraupaniṣad],
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on September, 11th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/398764