Two upaniṣads, circa 1700-1850.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (17 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1196
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p37940t5z - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Vālmīki. Rāmāyaṇa.
Self (Philosophy).
Rāma (Hindu deity).
Hindu mythology.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit. - Form/Genre:
- Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript contains two upaniṣads. The first, Aitareyopaniṣad, is a late Vedic philosophical treatise appended to the Ṛgveda; as a Upaniṣad, it contains speculations about the nature of being, the self, birth, and breath; also early myths. The second, Rāmatāpanīyopaniṣad, is a quasi-philosophical, post-Vedic work, styled after a traditional upaniṣad. The work glorifies and compares the Hindu epic hero Rāma to the ultimate principles and highest realities in the universe and draws from the mythology of the Rāmāyaṇa.
- Contents:
- [Part 1] Aitareyopaniṣad (f. 1r-3v)
[Part 2] Rāmatāpanīyopaniṣad (f. 1r-2v, 4r-15v). - Notes:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in 10-13 lines per leaf.
17 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1-3, (Part 2) 1-2, 4-15, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with triple black 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 479 (UP 1196).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1196
- Contains:
- Upanishads. Aitareyopaniṣad
Rāmatāpanīyopaniṣad. - OCLC:
- 903657571