Collection of late Vedic upaniṣads and rituals, circa 1700-1850.

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (71 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 24 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1205

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Collection of late Vedic and possibly medieval upaniṣads which have a philosophical tone and often are couched in narrative, preceded by a work of Vedic ritual instruction.

Contents:

Granthasaṃkhyāṣaṭka (f. 2r-26r)

Bhikṣukopaniṣad (f. 26r-27r)

Saṃnyāsopaniṣad (f. 27r-39r)

Paramahaṅsoparivrājakopaniṣad (f. 39r-43v)

Vajrasūcyupaniṣad (f. 44r-48v)

Paiṅgalopaniṣad (f. 48v-56v)

Kalisaṃtaranopaniṣad (f.56v-57r)

Nirālambopaniṣad (f. 57r-60r)

Untitled upaniṣad (f. 60r-70v).

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Written in 17-20 lines per leaf.

71 leaves foliated 1-71, upper left and lower right verso.

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; few corrections or additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; manuscript is oriented in a portrait rather than landscape format and was previously bound at the top with cord or string, giving the impression of a notebook.

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 253, 508, 637, 649, 652, 698, 762, 792, and 803 (UP 1205).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1205

Contains:

Granthasaṃkhyāṣaṭka.

Bhikṣukopaniṣad.

Saṃnyāsopaniṣad.

Paramahaṅsoparivrājakopaniṣad.

Vajrasūcyupaniṣad.

Paiṅgalopaniṣad.

Kalisaṃtaranopaniṣad.

Nirālambopaniṣad.

OCLC:

904993607