Garuḍopaniṣad, 1864.
गरुडोपनिषद्

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Garuḍa (Mythical bird).

Vaishnavism.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 17 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 724

Place of Publication:

1864.

१८६४.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is dedicated to the Hindu bird-deity Garuḍa, who also serves as a vehicle for the deity Viṣṇu. The work promotes Vedanta philosophy from a Vaiṣṇava perspective and is likely a late upaniṣad dating to the medieval period.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 1v).

Written in 15 lines per leaf.

1 leaf.

Colophon: iti garuḍopaniṣatsampurṇam śubham // samvat 1922 phālgunaśudiṭaroja 5 śubham // (f. 1v).

Dated saṃvat 1922 (1864) (f. 1v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

Sold and wrapped together along with Item 725.

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 556 (UP 724).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 724

OCLC:

880424041