Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad dīpikā, 1700-1850.
कौषीतकिब्राह्मणोपनिषद्दीपिका

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Śaṅkarānanda, active 1290.

Contributor:

Gāḍagīla, Janārdana Koṇḍadeva, former owner.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Genre:

treatises

commentaries

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Janārdan Koṇḍadeva from the village or place of Gāḍgī (or Gāḍgīlāya) (f. 30r) possibly from present day Jharakhand, India; manuscript has the same scribe as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 845, Item 931, Item 932, Item 934, Item 935, and Item 2387.

Physical Description:

1 item (47 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 31 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 930

Place of Publication:

1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Predominant part of the manuscript (Part 1) is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (dīpikā) on the Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad, which deals with various kinds of Vedic, ritual sacrifice and their interpretation written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy. The second part of the manuscript (Part 2), originally part of a different manuscript and added to supply the source material to the dīpikā, is itself a kind of Hindu treatise and manual dealing with various kinds of Vedic ritual sacrifice and their interpretation, sometimes bringing early forms of philosophical exegesis to bear on early rituals.

Contents:

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad dīpikā (Part 1; f. 1-30)

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad (Part 2; f. 13-29).

Notes:

Title from colophon (Part 1, f. 30r); second title Kauṣītakyupaniṣad; alternate second title Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad supplied by cataloger.

Written in 9-14 lines per leaf.

47 leaves foliated 1-30, 13-29, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryānaṃdātmapūjyapādaśiśyasya śrīśaṃkarānaṃdabhagavataḥ kṛtau kauṣītakibrāhmanopaniṣaddīpikāyāṃ caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ // śrīgurubhyonamaḥ // janārdan koṃḍadeva gāḍgīl akyaṃ ce pustaka svārthaṃ parārthaṃ ca // śrīkṛṣṇaḥ śaraṇam // (f. 30r).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 544 (UP 930).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 930

Contains:

Upanishads. Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad

Kauṣītakyupaniṣad.

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad.

OCLC:

889874528