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Ms. Coll. 390 Item 923 Taittirīyopaniṣad / तैत्तिरीयोपनिषद्

Title

Taittirīyopaniṣad
तैत्तिरीयोपनिषद्

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 923
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

bibid: 9962529033503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/888037142
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6252903

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

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 Viṣṇu such as Oṃ Hari.

Notes

Title from colophon (f. 11v).
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
8 leaves foliated 4-11, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line; metrical accents added in red throughout.

Extent

1 item (8 leaves) : 11 x 26 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīmattaittarīyopaniṣadiśIkṣābraṃhmavallībhṛguvallītitrīṇipannānisaṃpūrṇāni // śrī // śrīgurubhyonamā //

Subjects topical

Self (Philosophy)
Hindu philosophy
Philosophy, Indic
Hindu mantras
Brahman
Vishnu (Hindu deity)

Genres

Treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

Text

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URL

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Text

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URL

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