Kenopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
केनोपनिषद्

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Kenopaniṣad

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hinduism.

Vedas--Recitation.

Vedas.

Hinduism--Examinations, questions, etc.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Hindu cosmology.

Perception (Philosophy).

Genre:

Examinations.

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 990

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 philosophical work dedicated to asking questions about the nature of the universe, human perception of it, and the highest realities therein.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 9r).

Written in 12 lines per leaf.

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

Colophon: oṃ śrīgopālakṛṣṇārpaṇam astu śrīśubhaṃ bhavatu śrīkṛṣṇaprāāṃ kenopaniṣatsamāptā // (f. 9r).

Mistakes blacked out; some additions and corrections written in the margins in black ink; some phrases and words highlighted in red; metrical accents added 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 520 (UP 990).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 990

OCLC:

891754743