Chāndogyopaniṣad. Adhyāya 7-8, circa 1700-1850.
छान्दोग्योपनिषद्. अध्याय ७-८,

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Chāndogyopaniṣad. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Ātman.

Self (Philosophy).

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (21 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1210

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 title abbreviations in margins, upper left verso.

Written in 8 lines per leaf.

21 leaves foliated 1-21, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti chāṃdogye aṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ // samāptaḥ // (f. 21v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse numbers highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black lines.

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 573 (UP 1210).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1210.

OCLC:

907684732