Details

Subjects:

Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Commentaries.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Predominant part of the manuscript (Part 1) is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (dīpikā) on the Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad, which deals with various kinds of Vedic, ritual sacrifice and their interpretation written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy. The second part of the manuscript (Part 2), originally part of a different manuscript and added to supply the source material to the dīpikā, is itself a kind of Hindu treatise and manual dealing with various kinds of Vedic ritual sacrifice and their interpretation, sometimes bringing early forms of philosophical exegesis to bear on early rituals.

Contents:

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad dīpikā (Part 1; f. 1-30)
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad (Part 2; f. 13-29).

Notes:

Title from colophon (Part 1, f. 30r); second title Kauṣītakyupaniṣad; alternate second title Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad supplied by cataloger.
Written in 9-14 lines per leaf.
47 leaves foliated 1-30, 13-29, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryānaṃdātmapūjyapādaśiśyasya śrīśaṃkarānaṃdabhagavataḥ kṛtau kauṣītakibrāhmanopaniṣaddīpikāyāṃ caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ // śrīgurubhyonamaḥ // janārdan koṃḍadeva gāḍgīl akyaṃ ce pustaka svārthaṃ parārthaṃ ca // śrīkṛṣṇaḥ śaraṇam // (f. 30r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Janārdan Koṇḍadeva from the village or place of Gāḍgī (or Gāḍgīlāya) (f. 30r) possibly from present day Jharakhand, India; manuscript has the same scribe as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 845, Item 931, Item 932, Item 934, Item 935, and Item 2387.

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 544 (UP 930).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 930

Contributor:

Gāḍagīla, Janārdana Koṇḍadeva, former owner.

Contains:

Upanishads. Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad
Kauṣītakyupaniṣad.
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad.

OCLC:

889874528