Details

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Kaṭhopaniṣad

Subjects:

Ātman.
Self (Philosophy).
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Dialogues.
Watermarks.
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. 16r).
Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
16 leaves foliated 1-16, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti kaṭhakopaniṣatsamāpta[ḥ] // oṃ tat sat // brahmānaṃdatīrthābhidheyabhikṣuṇām idaṃ pustakaṃ // (f. 16v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins (f. 16v).
Watermarks on some folios featuring some kind of emblem or crest, possibly incorporating a fleur-de-lis.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Brahmānaṃdatīrtha (f. 16v).

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 499 (UP 1098).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1098

Contributor:

Brahmānaṃdatīrtha, former owner.

OCLC:

898043183