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Collection of late Vedic upaniṣads and rituals, circa 1700-1850.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (71 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 24 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1205
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Subjects:
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Form/Genre:
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Collection of late Vedic and possibly medieval upaniṣads which have a philosophical tone and often are couched in narrative, preceded by a work of Vedic ritual instruction.
Contents:
Granthasaṃkhyāṣaṭka (f. 2r-26r)
Bhikṣukopaniṣad (f. 26r-27r)
Saṃnyāsopaniṣad (f. 27r-39r)
Paramahaṅsoparivrājakopaniṣad (f. 39r-43v)
Vajrasūcyupaniṣad (f. 44r-48v)
Paiṅgalopaniṣad (f. 48v-56v)
Kalisaṃtaranopaniṣad (f.56v-57r)
Nirālambopaniṣad (f. 57r-60r)
Untitled upaniṣad (f. 60r-70v).
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in 17-20 lines per leaf.
71 leaves foliated 1-71, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; few corrections or additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; manuscript is oriented in a portrait rather than landscape format and was previously bound at the top with cord or string, giving the impression of a notebook.
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 253, 508, 637, 649, 652, 698, 762, 792, and 803 (UP 1205).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1205
Contains:
Granthasaṃkhyāṣaṭka.
Bhikṣukopaniṣad.
Saṃnyāsopaniṣad.
Paramahaṅsoparivrājakopaniṣad.
Vajrasūcyupaniṣad.
Paiṅgalopaniṣad.
Kalisaṃtaranopaniṣad.
Nirālambopaniṣad.
OCLC:
904993607