Details

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Śāṇḍilyopaniṣad

Subjects:

Yoga.
Ātman.
Self (Philosophy).
Sankhya.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a post-Vedic Hindu philosophical treatise that has been influenced by both saṃkhyā and Vedānta schools of philosophy, synthesizing traditions associated with yoga and other contemplative practices in formulating a connection between an understanding of ultimate reality and the individual self (ātman). Manuscript is part of a larger group of late upaniṣads known as the Yoga-upaniṣads.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and a few additions in margins.

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 773 (UP 924).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 924

OCLC:

888059033