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Fourteen yoga upaniṣads, after 1839.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 889
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Self (Philosophy).
- Sankhya.
- Yoga.
- Shaktism.
- Ātman.
- Brahman.
- Hindu philosophy.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Genre:
- treatises
- watermarks
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (39 leaves) : paper ; 21 x 31 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 889
- Place of Publication:
- after 1839.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and contains fourteen late upaniṣads, part of the so-called Yoga-upaniṣads, written most likely in the medieval era; while styled after the classical upaniṣads and engaging with traditional topics related to the knowledge of the Self and the brahman, they are also influenced by Saṃkhyā-yoga philosophy as well as the Śakta tradition (such as in the Sītā upaniṣad).
- Contents:
- Yogatattvopaniṣad (f. 1r-3r)
- Ātmaprabodhopaniṣad (f. 3v-4r)
- Nāradaparivrājakopaniṣad (f. 4r-13v)
- Triśikhibrāhmaṇopaniṣad (f. 13v
- 16v)
- Sītopaniṣad (f. 17r-18r)
- Yogacūḍāmaṇyupaniṣad (f. 18r-20r)
- Nirvāṇopaniṣad (f. 20v)
- Maṇḍalabrāhmanopaniṣad (f. 21r-22v)
- Dakṣināmūrtyupaniṣad (f. 23r-23v)
- Śarabhopaniṣad (f. 23v-24r)
- Skandopaniṣad (f. 24v)
- Nārāyaṇopaniṣad (f. 24v-35r)
- Rāmarahasyopaniṣad (f. 36r-39v).
- Notes:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Written in 20-21 lines per leaf.
- 39 leaves foliated 1-39, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti rāmarahasya upaniṣatsamāptaḥ // śrīrāmacaṃdrārpaṇam astu // (f. 39v).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, verse dividers or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
- Watermarks on blue European paper are the name J. Caperony as well as the date 1839.
- 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 441, 458, 604, 605, 620, 631, 639, 702, 750, 751, 759, 772, 796, 800 (UP 889).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 889
- Contains:
- Upanishads. Yogacūḍāmaṇyupaniṣad
- Upanishads. Dakṣiṇāmūrtyupaniṣad
- Upanishads. Maṇḍalabrāhmaṇopaniṣad
- Upanishads. Nārāyaṇopaniṣad
- Upanishads. Triśikhibrāhmaṇopaniṣad.
- Yogatattvopaniṣad.
- Ātmaprabodhopaniṣad.
- Nāradaparivrājakopaniṣad.
- Triśikhibrāhmaṇopaniṣad.
- Sītopaniṣad.
- Nirvāṇopaniṣad.
- Śarabhopaniṣad.
- Skandopaniṣad.
- Advayatārakopaniṣad.
- Rāmarahasyopaniṣad.
- OCLC:
- 896174057
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