Details

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Taittirīyopaniṣad

Subjects:

Vedas -- Recitation.
Vedas.
Self (Philosophy).
Hindu mantras.
Gods, Vedic.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Brahman.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

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 and phrases of power) dedicated to various Vedic gods to be used in prayer and rituals.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with triple red 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 591 (UP 955).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 955

OCLC:

889885539