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Three early upaniṣads, circa 1700-1850.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 976
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Vedas--Recitation.
- Vedas.
- Hindu mantras.
- Consciousness--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
- Consciousness.
- Self (Philosophy).
- Rites and ceremonies--India.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- India.
- Hindu philosophy.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Genre:
- poems
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (14 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 21 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 976
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a collection of three early upaniṣads; these are late Vedic, philosophical treatises employed to reinforce and instill ideas and concepts about the makeup of the universe. Such ideas and teachings typically went beyond traditional Vedic training that focused on the performance of and/or strict adherence to rituals alone; however, the texts themselves comment on and/or espouse different kinds of ritual practices. Presents problems as a series of questions, in verse, and Includes a discussion of various states of consciousness. Manuscript was once part of a larger manuscript containing more upaniṣads.
- Contents:
- Praśnopaniṣad (f. 9r-14v)
- Munḍakopaniṣad (f. 14v-19v)
- Mānḍukyopaniṣad (f. 19v-22r).
- Notes:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.
- 14 leaves foliated 9-22, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: śrīgopālakṛṣṇārpaṇam astu māṃḍukyopaniṣat samāptā hariḥ oṃ // (f. 22r).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; metrical accents added in 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 657, 712, and 731 (UP 976).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 976
- Contains:
- Upanishads. Praśnopaniṣad
- Upanishads. Muṇḍakopaniṣad
- Upanishads. Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad
- OCLC:
- 891673988
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