Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद्

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Kṛṣṇānanda, former owner.

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Br̥hadāraṇyakopaniṣad

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Self (Philosophy).

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

hymns

manuals (instructional materials)

drawings (visual works)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Kṛṣṇānanda (87v).

Physical Description:

1 item (67 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 22 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1099

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Sub-section of the Śatapatha brāhmaṇa, an ancient Vedic ritual manual and set of hymns and prayers for performing public śrauta rituals, whose title is translated as Great forest upaniṣad. Contains the famous verse beginning, asato mā sad gamaya (lead me from non-reality to reality, f. 7v); an exegesis of ritual knowledge; speculates on the nature of the Self and meant to supplement the ritual learning. Attributed to the legendary sage Yājñavalkya.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).

Written in 9 lines per leaf.

67 leaves foliated 1-46, 67-87, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti bṛhadāraṇyake aṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ // iti ṣṭahadāraṇyako 'paniṣatsamāptaṃ // oṃ tat sad brahmārpaṇam // (f. 87v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line; floral design in red on front cover (f. 1r).

Non-Latin script record.

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 681 (UP 1099).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1099.

OCLC:

898042980