Details

Subjects:

Hinduism.
Upanishads. Praśnopaniṣad.
Hinduism -- Examinations, questions, etc.
Self (Philosophy).
Ātman.
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Examinations.
Commentaries.
Treatises.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Author named Śaṅkarabhagavata in commentary colophon (f. 39r).

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (bhāṣya) on the Praśnopaniṣad, a late Vedic work that addresses early concepts of the Self (ātman) and poses a series of questions (praśna) and answers between students and their teacher. In the process the work addresses and offers an interpretation of early social and ritual action. The commentary by Śaṅkarācārya runs parallel, above and below the root text, however, the commentary itself contains an introduction and conclusion before and after the root text.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 39r); title of root text, Praśnopaniṣad, from colophon.
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
39 leaves foliated 1-39, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīgoviṃdabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya paramahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśaṃkarabhagavataḥ kṛtāvārtharvaṇopaniṣatpraśnabhāṣyaṃ samāptaḥ // śrī rastu // kalpāṇam astu // śivāya namaḥ // (f. 39r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red near the front and back of the manuscript; 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 664 (UP 844).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 844

Contains:

Upanishads. Praśnopaniṣad

OCLC:

883242082