Details

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Kaṭhopaniṣad

Subjects:

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

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Dialogues.
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. An Advaita Vedānta commentary, Damodāra's Kāṭhopaniṣadvyākhyā, runs above and below the root text.

Notes:

Title from end title page (f. 12v).
Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.
12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti ātharvaṇīyeṣupaniṣasukaṭhavakṣī upaniṣasamāpta // (f. 12r).
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 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 500 (UP 1219).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1219

Contains:

Damodāra. Kāṭhopaniṣadvyākhyā.

OCLC:

904025535