Two upaniṣads, circa 1700-1850.

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vedas--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Vedas.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śaivism.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

poems

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 22 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1105

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is comprised of two upaniṣads, possibly derived from the corpus of works related to and drawing verses from, the Atharvaveda. The first is a collection of verses designed to promote, praise, and appreciate the universal complexity of the Hindu deity Śiva, while the second is a critique of Vedic sacrifice, found in the earliest Vedas, in verse. Both works function as do many upaniṣads, as quasi-philosophical works that are later absorbed into and commented upon by medieval analytical philosophers.

Contents:

Pañcabrahmopaniṣad (f. 1r-3r)

Prāṇāgnihotropaniṣad (f. 3r-5v).

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Written in 9 lines per leaf.

5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.

Internal colophon: iti paṃcabrahmopaniṣatsamāptaḥ // (f. 3r).

Colophon of first work and part of incipit of second work highlighted in red (f. 3r).

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 647, 669 (UP 1105).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1105

Contains:

Upanishads. Prāṇāgnihotropaniṣad

Pañcabrahmopaniṣad.

OCLC:

898493506