Details

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Praśnopaniṣad

Subjects:

Hinduism.
Hinduism -- Examinations, questions, etc.
Self (Philosophy).
Ātman.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Examinations.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a late Vedic work that addresses early philosophical 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.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 6r).
Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.
6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ity atharvaṇaśākhīyapraśnopaniṣatsamāptaḥ // śrīsadgurunāthārpaṇam astu // caritaṃ raghunāthasya śatakoṭipravistaraṃṇakaikakṣaraṃpusāmmahāpātakanāśaṃnaṃ // // (f. 8v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents written in red throughout; 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 654 (UP 864).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 864

OCLC:

884817972