Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad. Adhyāya 7-8, 1755.
बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद्. अध्याय ७-८,

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Br̥hadāraṇyakopaniṣad. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Indic.

Hindu philosophy.

Self (Philosophy).

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Rites and ceremonies--India--Early works to 1800.

Self (Philosophy)--Early works to 1800.

Hindu philosophy--Early works to 1800.

Philosophy, Indic--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

treatises

manuals (instructional materials)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (18 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1238

Place of Publication:

1755.

१७५५.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Called the Great forest upaniṣad, it is the seventh and eighth chapters 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 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 end title page (f. 71v).

Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.

18 leaves foliated 54-71, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmatyupaniṣatkāṃḍe ṣaṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ // samāptam astu // (f. 71r).

Dated śaka 1677 (1755) (f. 71r).

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 triple 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 684 (UP 1238).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1238

OCLC:

904995008