2 options

Vajraśūcyupaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
वज्रशूच्युपनिषद्

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 884
Loading location information...

Available in person This item can be accessed at the library reading room.

Request an item

Access options
Format:
Language:
Sanskrit
Subjects (All):
Genre:
Physical Description:
1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 26 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 884
Place of Publication:
  • circa 1700-1850.
  • १७००-१८५०.
Language Note:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a medieval philosophical treatise and ritual text designed to help purify and prepare the mind and body for attaining ultimate realization of the self and its relationship to the highest reality. Though given the name of Upaniṣad, not part of the corpus of late Vedic works of this genre.
Notes:
  • Title from colophon (f. 5v).
  • Written in 1-5 lines per leaf.
  • 5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
  • Colophon: iti vajraśūcyupaniṣatsamāptā (f. 5v).
  • Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; 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 761 (UP 884).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 884
OCLC:
884884691

The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.