MS. Wilson 479
MSS. Wilson
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Mahānārāyaṇa Upaniṣad, 18th cent.?
Contents
Summary of Contents: The Mahānārāyaṇa or Bṛhannārāyaṇa Upaniṣad, in the Atharva recension, of the Black Yajur-veda, corresponding to Taittirīya Āraṇyaka X, 1–64
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Incipit: [1v] śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | oṃ saha nāv avatu | saha no bhunaktu | saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai tejasvināv adhītam astu mā vidviṣāvahai | oṃ śāṃtiḥ śāṃtiḥ śāṃtiḥ | aṃbhasy apāre bhuvanasya madhye nākasya pṛṣṭe mahato mahīyān | śukreṇa jyotīṃṣi samanupraviṣṭaḥ Prajāpatiś carati garbhe aṃtaḥ ‖
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: i + 39 + i
Dimensions (binding): 23.5 × 13.0 cm.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī.
History
Origin: 18th cent.?
probably about a. d. 1750.
Provenance and Acquisition
The collection of Horace Hayman Wilson was purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1842.
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 990, p. 65
Availability
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Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 990, p. 65
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