Mahāvākyopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850. = महावाक्योपनिषद्, 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 987
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3m32n965 - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Hindu mantras.
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic. - Form/Genre:
- Aphorisms.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a kind of early Hindu philosophical treatise that examines the nature of existence through aphorisms, the Great sayings (mahāvakyas), by means of the use of mantras. This collection is likely a medieval work, edited by followers of Advaita Vedānta, for the purpose of providing an overview or essence of that school of philosophy.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: itī māhāṃvākyopaniṣatsamāptā // (f. 2v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. - 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 704 (UP 987).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 987
- OCLC:
- 891751352