Details

Other Title:

Aitareyāraṇyakabhāṣya.

Subjects:

Upanishads. Aitareyopaniṣad.
Hindu mantras.
Vedic literature.
Self (Philosophy).
Hindu mythology.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Commentaries.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Written as Śaṅkarabhagavata in the manuscript (f. 68r).

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (vivaraṇa) on a late Vedic upaniṣad (Aitareyāraṇyaka) typically appended to the Ṛgveda, dealing with speculations about the nature of being, the self, birth, and breath; early myths; text followed by selection of Vedic mantras.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 68r); alternate title Aitareyāraṇyakabhāṣya from end title page (f. 68v).
Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.
68 leaves foliated 1-68, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti goviṃdabhagavatsya pādaśiṣyaparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya śrīmacchaṃkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau saṃhitopaniṣadvivaraṇaṃ samāptaṃ // śrī kṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // bādhhaṃtaḥ karaṇānāṃ me vṛttayoyāḥ svabhāvajñāḥ svabhāvajñāḥ // tāḥ sa janārdan koṇḍadeva gāḍgīl ayāṃ ce pustaka // śrīvasudeva // (f. 68r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Janārdan Koṇḍadeva Gāḍgīl (f. 68r) along with Ms. Coll. 390, Item 930 and Item 931.

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 791 (UP 932).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 932

Contributor:

Gāḍagīla, Janārdana Koṇḍadeva, former owner.

OCLC:

888063706