Chāndogyopaniṣad. Ṣaṣṭha, circa 1700-1850.
छान्दोग्योपनिषद्. षष्ठ,

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 (7 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 968

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 comprises the sixth part of the text.

Notes:

Title from marginal abbreviations.

Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.

7 leaves foliated 4-10, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: ity chāṃdogyaṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ / śrīgopālakṛṣṇārpaṇam astu oṃ āpy āyaṃ tv iti śāṃtiḥ śrīrāmajayarāmajayajayarāma hariḥ oṃ śrīkṛṣṇapraāāṃ // (f. 10v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant phrases, words, symbols, highlighted with red.

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 569 (UP 968).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 968

OCLC:

891673761