Four early upaniṣads, circa 1700-1850.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (49 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 16 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 985
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p31g38 - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Hindu mantras.
Consciousness -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Self (Philosophy).
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
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 collection of three early upaniṣads, along with one partial unidentified work; these are late Vedic, philosophical treatises employed to reinforce and instill ideas and concepts about the makeup of the universe, in some cases presented as a dialogue between a father and son. Such ideas and teachings typically went beyond tradition Vedic training that focused on the performance of and/or strict adherence to rituals alone; however, the texts themselves comment on and/or espouse different kinds of ritual practices. Presents problems as a series of questions, in verse, and includes a discussion of various states of consciousness. Manuscript is incomplete.
- Contents:
- Kaṭhopaniṣad (f. 11r-32v)
Praśnopaniṣad (f. 32v-47r)
Munḍakopaniṣad (f. 47r-60r)
Unidentified (f. 60r-60v). - Notes:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.
50 leaves foliated 11-60, upper left and lower right verso.
Internal colophon: ity muṃḍakopaniṣatsamāptā // (f. 60r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow and white or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted 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 496, 658, and 732 (UP 985).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 985
- Contains:
- Upanishads. Kaṭhopaniṣad
Upanishads. Praśnopaniṣad
Upanishads. Muṇḍakopaniṣad - OCLC:
- 891749574