Details

Subjects:

Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Garuḍa (Mythical bird).
Vaishnavism.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is dedicated to the Hindu bird-deity Garuḍa, who also serves as a vehicle for the deity Viṣṇu. The work promotes Vedanta philosophy from a Vaiṣṇava perspective and is likely a late upaniṣad dating to the medieval period.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 1v).
Written in 15 lines per leaf.
1 leaf.
Colophon: iti garuḍopaniṣatsampurṇam śubham // samvat 1922 phālgunaśudiṭaroja 5 śubham // (f. 1v).
Dated saṃvat 1922 (1864) (f. 1v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Sold and wrapped together along with Item 725.

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 556 (UP 724).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 724

OCLC:

880424041