Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद्

Format:

• Manuscript

Standardized Title:

• Upanishads. Br̥hadāraṇyakopaniṣad

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Hindu philosophy.
• Philosophy, Indic.
• Rites and ceremonies--India.
• Rites and ceremonies.
• India.
• Self (Philosophy).

Genre:

• hymns
• manuals (instructional materials)
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
• Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (11 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 22 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1104

Place of Publication:

• circa 1700-1850.
• १७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Called the Great forest upaniṣad, it is the first section (of six) of one of the oldest of the upaniṣad genre and is a sub-section of the Śatapatha brāhmaṇa, a vedic ritual manual and hymns for performing public śrauta rituals. Contains the famous verse beginning "asato mā sad gamaya" ("lead me from non-reality to reality") (f. 4v) and is an exegesis of ritual knowledge; speculates on the nature of the Self and meant to supplement the ritual learning. Attributed to the legendary sage Yājñavalkya.

Notes:

• Title from title page (f. 1r).
• Written in 10-13 lines per leaf.
• 11 leaves foliated 1-10, [11], upper left and lower right verso.
• Colophon: ṣaṣṭaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ prathamodhyāyaḥ saṃpūrṇaḥ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu // śrībadriviśālāyanamaḥ // śrīparamaguravenārāyaṇāya // (f. 10v).
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
• Non-Latin script record.

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 682 (UP 1104).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1104

OCLC:

785136509