Details

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Śāṇḍilyopaniṣad

Subjects:

Yoga.
Ātman.
Self (Philosophy).
Sankhya.
Vedanta.
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 post-Vedic Hindu philosophical treatise influenced by both saṃkhyā and Vedānta schools of philosophy, synthesizing traditions associated with yoga and other contemplative practices in formulating a connection between an understanding of ultimate reality and the individual self (ātman). Text is part of a larger group of late upaniṣads known as the Yoga-upaniṣads.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8v).
Written in 10-14 lines per leaf.
8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ity āsamupaniṣat // śāṃḍilyopaniṣatsamāptā // tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ // (f. 8v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; 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 774 (UP 1201).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1201

OCLC:

904024634