Details

Other Title:

Kenopaniṣadbhāṣya.

Subjects:

Hinduism.
Upanishads. Kenopaniṣad.
Hinduism -- Examinations, questions, etc.
Self (Philosophy).
Hindu cosmology.
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. 16v).

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (bhāṣya) written from the perspective of Advaita Vedānta, on the Kenopaniṣad, a late Vedic work. This work is dedicated to asking questions about the nature of the universe, human perception of it, and the highest realities therein (ātman, brahman, and others), between students and their teacher. In the process the work addresses and offers an interpretation of early social and ritual action.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 16v); alternative title Kenopaniṣadbhāṣya from marginal abbreviations.
Written in 12-14 lines per leaf.
16 leaves foliated 1-16, lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīśaṃkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau talavakāropaniṣaddīpikā samāptaṃ // (f. 16v).
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.

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 528 (UP 853).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 853

OCLC:

883243832