Details

Subjects:

Upanishads. Br̥hadāraṇyakopaniṣad.
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Philosophy, Indic.
Hindu philosophy.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy. This works intends to give a summary or the essence (sāra) of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka, an ancient text dedicated to Vedic rituals and their interpretation.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 225).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
177 leaves foliated 49-225, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti kārtikāsāre ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ yājñavalkyakāṃḍaṃ samāptaṃ // śake 1714 paridhāvīmārgaśīrṣaśuddhapratipadisamāptaṃ (f. 225v).
Dated śaka 1714 (1792) (f. 225v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Watermarks on machine-made paper; on some folios are some kind of domestic animal such as a cow or goat; on others possibly a figure riding a horse.

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 4058 (UP 933).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 933

OCLC:

889874937