Chāndogyopaniṣad. Adhyāya 6, circa 1700-1850.
छान्दोग्योपनिषद्. अध्याय ६,

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Chāndogyopaniṣad. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Ātman.

Self (Philosophy).

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (6 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1211

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is an ancient philosophical treatise, sociological study, and interpretation of more ancient rites and ceremonies from the early Vedic period. Presents a series of metaphors and philosophical problems that relate and compare the Self (ātman) to the ultimate reality in the universe.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 6v).

Written in 10 lines per leaf.

6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti chāṃdogyopaniṣadiṣaṣṭaḥ prapāṭhakaḥ // (f. 6v).

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 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 574 (UP 1211).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1211

OCLC:

904698350