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Title

Four early upaniṣads

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 985
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962765463503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/891749578
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6276546

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a collection of three early upaniṣads, along with one partial unidentified work; these are late Vedic, philosophical treatises employed to reinforce and instill ideas and concepts about the makeup of the universe, in some cases presented as a dialogue between a father and son. Such ideas and teachings typically went beyond tradition Vedic training that focused on the performance of and/or strict adherence to rituals alone; however, the texts themselves comment on and/or espouse different kinds of ritual practices. Presents problems as a series of questions, in verse, and includes a discussion of various states of consciousness. Manuscript is incomplete.

Notes

• Title supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.
   
• 50 leaves foliated 11-60, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Internal colophon: ity muṃḍakopaniṣatsamāptā // (f. 60r).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow and white or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   

Extent

1 item (49 leaves) : 11 x 16 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Hindu mantras
• Consciousness--Religious aspects--Hinduism
• Self (Philosophy)
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic

Genres

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

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