Details

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad

Subjects:

Consciousness -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Hindu mantras.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise employing primarily Hindu mantras (phrases of power). The work outlines four states of consciousness (awake, dreaming, sleeping, and transcendent).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 6r).
Written in 9-12 lines per leaf.
6 leaves foliated, 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti māṃḍūkyopaniṣadaḥ samāptaḥ // śrīrāma // (f. 6r).
Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red. Vertical margins marked with double red 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 708 (UP 859).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 859

OCLC:

883139622