Details

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Taittirīyopaniṣad

Subjects:

Vedas -- Recitation.
Vedas.
Self (Philosophy).
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Hindu mantras.
Brahman.
Vishnu (Hindu deity).

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a late Vedic philosophical treatise that expounds upon the nature of existence and the importance and significance of Vedic mantras, their recitation, and how they lead one to the realization of higher truths, especially to the ultimate, highest status of Being in the universe (brahman). Work includes many mantras (words of phrases of power) dedicated to Viṣṇu such as Oṃ Hari.

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r).
Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line; metrical accents added in red throughout; decorative border in red and black drawn after the final line of text (f. 10v).

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 587 (UP 868).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 868

OCLC:

884917682