Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad, 1579.
कौषीतकिब्राह्मणोपनिषद्

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Indic.

Hindu philosophy.

Hindu mythology.

Rites and ceremonies.

Agnihotra (Hindu rite).

India.

Agnihotra (Hindu rite)--Early works to 1800.

Rites and ceremonies--India--Early works to 1800.

Hindu mythology--Early works to 1800.

Hindu philosophy--Early works to 1800.

Philosophy, Indic--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (13 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 31 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 918

Place of Publication:

1579.

१५७९.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a kind of post-Vedic philosophical treatise exploring themes about ritual and sacrifice, and exploring their metaphysical and cultural dimensions and meaning. Presents a narrative about the figure Kauṣītaki and the various rituals he performed, such as the Agnihotra.

Notes:

Title derived from marginal abbreviations.

Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.

13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: āraṇyake navamo 'dhyāyaḥ // saṃvat 1636 // āśvinasudi dvitūyāyāṃ kuje likhitau kheti // rāma // (f. 13r).

Dated saṃvat 1636 (1579) (f. 13r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double black lines.

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 543 (UP 918).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 918

OCLC:

888033530