Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad. Adhyāya 1-3, circa 1700-1850.
बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद्. अध्याय १-३,

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Br̥hadāraṇyakopaniṣad. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Self (Philosophy).

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

manuals (instructional materials)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (12 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1223

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Called the Great forest upaniṣad, it is the first section (of six) of one of the oldest of the upaniṣad genre and is a sub-section of the Śatapatha brāhmaṇa, a Vedic ritual manual and hymns for performing public śrauta rituals. Contains the famous verse beginning "asato mā sad gamaya" ("lead me from non-reality to reality") and is 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 abbreviations in margin.

Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.

12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti ṣa[?]brāhmaṇaṃ // tṛtīyo 'dhyāyāyāṃ prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ (f. 12v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; paper is blue.

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 683 (UP 1223).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1223

OCLC:

904282637