Details

Subjects:

Upanishads. Aitareyopaniṣad.
Vedanta.
Advaita.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary on the Aitareyopaniṣad, a late Vedic upaniṣad typically appended to the Ṛgveda dealing with speculations about the nature of being, the self, birth, and breath; early myths; text followed by selection of Vedic mantras.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 9v); alternate title, Aitareyopaniṣadbhāṣya, supplied by cataloger.
Written in 16-17 lines per leaf.
9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ātmaṣaṭkabhāṣya // (f. 9v).
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 488 (UP 1184).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1184

OCLC:

904993423