Kaṭhavupaniṣad, circa 1700-1850. = कठवुपनिषद्, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (12 leaves) : paper ; 14 x 26 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 980
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3z08q - Status/Location:
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- Standardized Title:
- Upanishads. Kaṭhopaniṣad
- Subjects:
- Ātman.
Self (Philosophy).
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic. - Form/Genre:
- Treatises.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is used for contemplation, study and recitation, and is a Hindu or Late Vedic philosophical treatise presented as a dialogue between a father Vājraśrava, and his son Niciketas; the work addresses early concepts of the Self (ātman), as well as addressing and offering interpretation of early social and ritual action.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 12v).
Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.
12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti kaṭhavupaniṣatsaṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 12v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse dividers added in red; vertical margins marked with double red line. - 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 495 (UP 980).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 980
- OCLC:
- 891722823