Kenopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
केनोपनिषद्

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Kenopaniṣad

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hinduism.

Hinduism--Examinations, questions, etc.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Hindu cosmology.

Perception (Philosophy).

Genre:

Examinations.

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 26 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 920

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 philosophical work dedicated to asking questions about the nature of the universe, human perception of it, and the highest realities therein.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3r).

Written in 8 lines per leaf.

3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti kenopaniṣatsamāptā // śrī oṃ satyajñānāyanamaḥ // (f. 3r).

Mistakes blacked out; some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect the manuscript from insects.

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 518 (UP 920).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 920

OCLC:

888034949