Kaṭhavupaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
कठवुपनिषद्

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Kaṭhopaniṣad

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Ātman.

Self (Philosophy).

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

dialogues

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (12 leaves) : paper ; 14 x 26 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 980

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 Hindu or Late Vedic philosophical treatise presented as a dialogue between a father Vājraśrava, and his son Niciketas; the work addresses early concepts of the Self (ātman), as well as addressing and offering interpretation of early social and ritual action.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 12v).

Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.

12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti kaṭhavupaniṣatsaṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 12v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse dividers added in red; vertical margins marked with double red line.

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 495 (UP 980).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 980

OCLC:

891722823