Śāṇḍilyopaniṣad. Adhyāya 1-3, circa 1700-1850.
शाण्डिल्योपनिषद्. अध्याय १-३,

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Śāṇḍilyopaniṣad

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Yoga.

Ātman.

Self (Philosophy).

Sankhya.

Vedanta.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1201

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 post-Vedic Hindu philosophical treatise influenced by both saṃkhyā and Vedānta schools of philosophy, synthesizing traditions associated with yoga and other contemplative practices in formulating a connection between an understanding of ultimate reality and the individual self (ātman). Text is part of a larger group of late upaniṣads known as the Yoga-upaniṣads.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8v).

Written in 10-14 lines per leaf.

8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: ity āsamupaniṣat // śāṃḍilyopaniṣatsamāptā // tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ // (f. 8v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; 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 774 (UP 1201).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1201

OCLC:

904024634