Kenopaniṣadbhāṣya, circa 1700-1850.
प्रश्नोपनिषद्भाष्य

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Śaṅkarācārya

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hinduism.

Upanishads. Kenopaniṣad.

Upanishads.

Hinduism--Examinations, questions, etc.

Self (Philosophy).

Hindu cosmology.

Advaita.

Vedanta.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

Examinations.

commentaries

treatises

dialogues

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 27 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 850

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Author named Śaṅkarabhagavata in commentary colophon (f. 10v).

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (bhāṣya) written from the perspective of Advaita Vedānta on the Kenopaniṣad. This late Vedic work is dedicated to asking questions about the nature of the universe, human perception of it, and the highest realities therein (ātman, brahman, and others), between students and their teacher. In the process the work addresses and offers an interpretation of early social and ritual action.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 10v).

Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.

10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīgoviṃdabhagavatpādapūjyapādaśi[??]mahaṃsaparivra[ja]kācāryaśrīmacchaṃkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau talavakāropaniṣatsūdragaṇevākya[?]varaṇaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 10v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red near the front and back of the manuscript; vertical margins marked with double red line.

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 526 (UP 850).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 850

OCLC:

883243449