Six early upaniṣads, circa 1700-1850.

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vedas--Recitation.

Vedas.

Self (Philosophy).

Hindu mantras.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (16 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 27 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 869

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a collection of six early upaniṣads that were originally part of a larger collection of ten upaniṣads; these are all a kind of late Vedic, philosophical treatise employed to help reinforce and instill ideas and concepts about the makeup of the universe. Such ideas and teachings typically went beyond tradition Vedic training that focused on the performance of and/or strict adherence to rituals alone; however, the texts themselves often comment on and/or espouse different kinds of ritual practices themselves. Manuscript is incomplete.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.

16 leaves foliated 1-16, upper left and lower right verso.

Title page: īśakenakaṭhapraśnamuṃdumāṃdūkya[????]chāṃdogyamaitreyandabṛhadārakaṃdaśa // 10 / (f. 1r).

Īśopaniṣad (f. 1v-2r) -- Kenopaniṣad (f. 2r-3v) -- Kaṭhopaniṣad (f. 3v-10r) -- Praśnopaniṣad (f. 10r-12v) -- Muṇḍakopaniṣad (f. 12v-15v) -- Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad (f. 15v-16v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line; metrical accents added in red at the beginning of the manuscript (f. 1v-2r).

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 464, 491, 515, 655, 709, and 729 (UP 869).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 869

Contains:

Upanishads. Īśopaniṣad

Upanishads. Kenopaniṣad

Upanishads. Kaṭhopaniṣad

Upanishads. Praśnopaniṣad

Upanishads. Muṇḍakopaniṣad

Upanishads. Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad

OCLC:

887817802