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Taittirīyopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850. = तैत्तिरीयोपनिषद्, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (8 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 26 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 923
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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 colophon (f. 11v).
Colophon: iti śrīmattaittarīyopaniṣadiśIkṣābraṃhmavallībhṛguvallītitrīṇipannānisaṃpūrṇāni // śrī // śrīgurubhyonamā //
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
8 leaves foliated 4-11, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line; metrical accents added in red throughout.
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 590 (UP 923).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 923
OCLC:
888036844