Kaṭhopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
कठोपनिषद्

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Kaṭhopaniṣad

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Ātman.

Self (Philosophy).

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

dialogues

drawings (visual works)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (16 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 14 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1065

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. 16v).

Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.

16 leaves foliated 1-16, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: oṃ tat sat // kaṭhopaniṣatsamāptaḥ // (f. 16v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line; floral patterns drawn on title page (f. 1r) as well as after colophon at end of manuscript (f. 16v).

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 497 (UP 1065).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1065

OCLC:

897954825