Details

Other Title:

Jyābālopaniṣad.

Subjects:

Sacrifice -- Hinduism.
Hindu mythology.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Dialogues.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is an early, post-Vedic philosophical work presented as a dialogue between the ancient Hindu mythic figures Yājñavalkya and Janaka, who discuss a range of topics including the nature of Kurukṣetra (well known as a battle field and a place of sacrifice), rites and ceremonies, and others.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 6r); alternate title Jyābālopaniṣad from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti caturthaḥ khaṃḍaḥ // iti jābālopaniṣat samāptā // (f. 6r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.

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 584 (UP 1069).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1069

OCLC:

897959164