Mahāvākyopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
महावाक्योपनिषद्

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu mantras.

Advaita.

Vedanta.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

aphorisms

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 14 x 20 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 987

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a kind of early Hindu philosophical treatise that examines the nature of existence through aphorisms, the Great sayings (mahāvakyas), by means of the use of mantras. This collection is likely a medieval work, edited by followers of Advaita Vedānta, for the purpose of providing an overview or essence of that school of philosophy.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).

Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.

2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: itī māhāṃvākyopaniṣatsamāptā // (f. 2v).

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 704 (UP 987).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 987

OCLC:

891751352