Details

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Chāndogyopaniṣad. Selections.

Subjects:

Ātman.
Self (Philosophy).
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is an ancient philosophical treatise, sociological study, and interpretation of more ancient rites and ceremonies from the early Vedic period. Presents a series of metaphors and philosophical problems that relate and compare the Self (ātman) to the ultimate reality in the universe.

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in margins, upper left verso.
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
21 leaves foliated 1-21, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti chāṃdogye aṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ // samāptaḥ // (f. 21v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse numbers highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black lines.

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 573 (UP 1210).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1210.

OCLC:

907684732