Details

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad

Subjects:

Philosophy, Indic.
Hindu philosophy.
Hindu mythology.
Rites and ceremonies.
Agnihotra (Hindu rite).
India.
Agnihotra (Hindu rite) -- Early works to 1800.
Rites and ceremonies -- India -- Early works to 1800.
Hindu mythology -- Early works to 1800.
Hindu philosophy -- Early works to 1800.
Philosophy, Indic -- Early works to 1800.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a kind of post-Vedic philosophical treatise exploring themes about ritual and sacrifice, and exploring their metaphysical and cultural dimensions and meaning. Presents a narrative about the figure Kauṣītaki and the various rituals he performed, such as the Agnihotra.

Notes:

Title derived from marginal abbreviations.
Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: āraṇyake navamo 'dhyāyaḥ // saṃvat 1636 // āśvinasudi dvitūyāyāṃ kuje likhitau kheti // rāma // (f. 13r).
Dated saṃvat 1636 (1579) (f. 13r).
Mistakes covered over 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 black 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 543 (UP 918).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 918

OCLC:

888033530