Details

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Garbhopaniṣad

Subjects:

Human body -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Self (Philosophy).
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a Hindu philosophical treatise, the Womb upaniṣad, dealing with the nature and physiology of the human body, its origin, and the nature of selfhood.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red.
Colophon: oṃ śāṃtiḥ 2 // iti garbhopaniṣat //

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1258

OCLC:

905010617