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Chāndogyaṣaṣṭha, circa 1700-1850.
छान्दोग्यषष्ठ
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 944
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Standardized Title:
- Upanishads. Chāndogyopaniṣad. Selections.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Self (Philosophy).
- Vedanta.
- Rites and ceremonies--India.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- India.
- Hindu philosophy.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Genre:
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (10 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 16 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 944
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is an ancient philosophical treatise and sociological study and interpretation of more ancient rites and ceremonies from the early Vedic period. Presents a series of metaphors and philosophical problems that relate and compare the Self to the ultimate reality in the universe. Manuscript consists of the sixth part of the text.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 10r).
- Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
- 10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti chāṃdogyaṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // (f. 10r).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or 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 567 (UP 944).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 944
- OCLC:
- 889889898
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