Details

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Praśnopaniṣad

Subjects:

Hinduism.
Hinduism -- Examinations, questions, etc.
Self (Philosophy).
Ātman.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Examinations.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a late Vedic work that addresses early philosophical concepts of the Self (ātman) and poses a series of questions (praśna) and answers between students and their teacher. In the process the work addresses and offers an interpretation of early social and ritual action.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 7v).
Written in 10 lines per leaf.
7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti praśnopaniṣatsamāptaḥ // (f. 7v).
Scribe is Kāśyāṇḍeṅkare Māhādeva (f. 7v).
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 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 659 (UP 1197).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1197

Contributor:

Kāśyāṇḍeṅkare Māhādeva, scribe.

OCLC:

904022260