Details

Subjects:

Asceticism -- Hinduism.
Self (Philosophy).
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Late upaniṣad associated with saṃnyasin (ascetic) traditions and the quest for liberation of the Self.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 1r).
Written in 10 lines per leaf.
1 leaf.
Colophon: iti nirvāṇopaniṣatsamāptaṃ // (f. 1r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

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 640 (UP 1255).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1255

OCLC:

905005381