Sarvopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
सर्वोपनिषद्

Format:

• Manuscript

Contributor:

• Dāmodarānanda Sarasvātī, associated name.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Self (Philosophy).
• Consciousness--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
• Hindu philosophy.
• Philosophy, Indic.
• Hindu mantras.

Genre:

• Treatises.
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
• Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 16 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1254

Place of Publication:

• circa 1700-1850.
• १७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is a late Vedic, Hindu philosophical treatise that explores and questions different aspects of knowledge, reality, the self, states of consciousness, and other philosophical lines of inquiry.

Notes:

• The name Dāmodarānanda Sarasvātī is written at the end of the manuscript. The identity is unknown, but perhaps a former owner. It is likely not the scribe's name as it is written in a different hand.
• Title from colophon (f. 5r).
• Written in 8 lines per leaf.
• 5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
• Colophon: iti sarvopaniṣatsamāptā // 37 // (f. 5r).
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; colophon, incipit, and verse dividers are in red; 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 794 (UP 1254).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1254

OCLC:

905000906