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Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya, circa 1650-1799.
मुण्डकोपनिषद्भाष्य
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1108
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Śaṅkarācārya.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Upanishads. Muṇḍakopaniṣad.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Hindu philosophy.
- Ātman.
- Self (Philosophy).
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Hindu mantras.
- India.
- Upanishads. Muṇḍakopaniṣad--Early works to 1800.
- Upanishads.
- Hindu mantras--Early works to 1800.
- Rites and ceremonies--India--Early works to 1800.
- Self (Philosophy)--Early works to 1800.
- Ātman--Early works to 1800.
- Advaita--Early works to 1800.
- Advaita.
- Vedanta--Early works to 1800.
- Vedanta.
- Hindu philosophy--Early works to 1800.
- Philosophy, Indic--Early works to 1800.
- Genre:
- poems
- prayers (compositions)
- commentaries
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (27 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 21 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1108
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1650-1799.
- १६५०-१७९९.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical commentary on the Muṇḍakopaniṣad, a late Vedic work that is comprised of verse and mantras (words and phrases of power) that are used in meditation and ritual, for unlocking the secrets of higher knowledge, especially knowledge of the Self (ātman). Commentary is written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 5v).
- Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
- 27 leaves foliated 1-27, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrīgoviṃdabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyaparamahaṃsaparivrājakāvāryaśrīśaṃkarācāryabhagavataḥ kṛtaṃ muṃḍakopaniṣadbhāṣyaṃ [?]m // (f. 27).
- Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant symbols, words, and phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.
- 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 737 (UP 1108).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1108
- OCLC:
- 898494128
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