Chāndogyopaniṣad. Adhyāya 1-5, circa 1700-1850.
छान्दोग्योपनिषद्. अध्याय १-५,

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 (51 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1212

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for contemplation and study 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. 50v).

Written in 8 lines per leaf.

51 leaves foliated 1-50, [i], upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti paṃcamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 5 // śrīśubhaṃbhavatu // ślokasaṃkhyā / savāsātase / 7 / (f. 50v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or 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 575 (UP 1212).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1212

OCLC:

904699137