Details

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Taittirīyopaniṣad

Subjects:

Vedas -- Recitation.
Vedas.
Self (Philosophy).
Hindu mantras.
Brahman.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Hindu gods.
Gods, Vedic.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Narayana (Hindu deity).
Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity).

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a late Vedic philosophical treatise that expounds upon the nature of existence and the importance and significance of Vedic mantras, their recitation, and how they lead one to the realization of higher truths especially to the ultimate, highest status of Being in the universe (brahman). Work includes many mantras (words of phrases of power) dedicated to various Hindu and Vedic gods. Manuscript ends with the beginning of a text of praise (stotra) dedicated to the Hindu deity Nārāyaṇa, a form of Viṣṇu.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
11 leaves foliated 1-11, 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 throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line; metrical accents added 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 589 (UP 876).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 876

OCLC:

884919369