Bhikṣukopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850. = भिक्षुकोपनिषद्, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 14 x 20 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 971
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3vm42x5t - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Begging -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Caste -- India.
Caste.
Meditation -- Hinduism.
Initiation rites -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic. - Form/Genre:
- Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is used for consultation and study, and is a Hindu philosophical treatise focused on activities of renunciants, such as begging for alms, meditation (breath control), and other rites. Includes brief mention of caste.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 2).
Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: itī bhikṣukopaniṣadasamāptāḥ // śrīgananaprasaṃnnaḥ (f. 2r).
Mistakes blacked out; one correction/addition in margin (f. 1v). - 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 697 (UP 971).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 971
- OCLC:
- 891663340