Śāntyupaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
शान्त्युपनिषद्

Format:

• Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Hindu mantras.
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
• Gods, Vedic.
• Hindu philosophy.
• Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

• prayers (compositions)
• treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
• Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 28 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1076

Place of Publication:

• circa 1700-1850.
• १७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is a Hindu quasi-philosophical treatise that both praises the Vedas and Vedic gods and connects them with philosophical ideas about the oneness and unity of things with the ultimate principle in the universe, the brahman.

Notes:

• Title from notes on wrapping paper at time of purchase.
• Written in 11 lines per leaf.
• 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double red 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 776 (UP 1076).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1076

OCLC:

898494410