Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad, 1700-1850.
माण्डूक्योपनिषद्

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Consciousness--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Consciousness.

Hindu mantras.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 25 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 856

Place of Publication:

1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise employing primarily Hindu mantras (phrases of power). The work outlines four states of consciousness (awake, dreaming, sleeping, and transcendent).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).

Written in 13 lines per leaf.

2 leaves.

Colophon: ity atharvavede śaunakīśākhāyāṃ māṃḍūkyopaniṣatsamāptā // bhadaṃ karṇeśāṃ (f. 2v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; double red line marks vertical margins.

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 706 (UP 856).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 856

OCLC:

883136934