Details

Subjects:

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

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and contains fourteen late upaniṣads, part of the so-called Yoga-upaniṣads, written most likely in the medieval era; while styled after the classical upaniṣads and engaging with traditional topics related to the knowledge of the Self and the brahman, they are also influenced by Saṃkhyā-yoga philosophy as well as the Śakta tradition (such as in the Sītā upaniṣad).

Contents:

Yogatattvopaniṣad (f. 1r-3r)
Ātmaprabodhopaniṣad (f. 3v-4r)
Nāradaparivrājakopaniṣad (f. 4r-13v)
Triśikhibrāhmaṇopaniṣad (f. 13v
16v)
Sītopaniṣad (f. 17r-18r)
Yogacūḍāmaṇyupaniṣad (f. 18r-20r)
Nirvāṇopaniṣad (f. 20v)
Maṇḍalabrāhmanopaniṣad (f. 21r-22v)
Dakṣināmūrtyupaniṣad (f. 23r-23v)
Śarabhopaniṣad (f. 23v-24r)
Skandopaniṣad (f. 24v)
Nārāyaṇopaniṣad (f. 24v-35r)
Rāmarahasyopaniṣad (f. 36r-39v).

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in 20-21 lines per leaf.
39 leaves foliated 1-39, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti rāmarahasya upaniṣatsamāptaḥ // śrīrāmacaṃdrārpaṇam astu // (f. 39v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, verse dividers or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Watermarks on blue European paper are the name J. Caperony as well as the date 1839.

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 441, 458, 604, 605, 620, 631, 639, 702, 750, 751, 759, 772, 796, 800 (UP 889).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 889

Contains:

Upanishads. Yogacūḍāmaṇyupaniṣad
Upanishads. Dakṣiṇāmūrtyupaniṣad
Upanishads. Maṇḍalabrāhmaṇopaniṣad
Upanishads. Nārāyaṇopaniṣad
Upanishads. Triśikhibrāhmaṇopaniṣad.
Yogatattvopaniṣad.
Ātmaprabodhopaniṣad.
Nāradaparivrājakopaniṣad.
Triśikhibrāhmaṇopaniṣad.
Sītopaniṣad.
Nirvāṇopaniṣad.
Śarabhopaniṣad.
Skandopaniṣad.
Advayatārakopaniṣad.
Rāmarahasyopaniṣad.

OCLC:

896174057