Details

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Br̥hadāraṇyakopaniṣad

Subjects:

Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Self (Philosophy).

Form/Genre:

Hymns.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Called the Great forest upaniṣad, it is the first section (of six) 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. Contains the famous verse beginning "asato mā sad gamaya" ("lead me from non-reality to reality") (f. 4v) 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 title page (f. 1r).
Written in 10-13 lines per leaf.
11 leaves foliated 1-10, [11], upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ṣaṣṭaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ prathamodhyāyaḥ saṃpūrṇaḥ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu // śrībadriviśālāyanamaḥ // śrīparamaguravenārāyaṇāya // (f. 10v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Non-Latin script record.

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 682 (UP 1104).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1104

OCLC:

785136509