Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9956532753503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/785134105
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5653275

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Summary

Called the Great forest upaniṣad, it is the first section (of six) of one of the oldest of the upaniṣad genre and is a sub-section of the Śatapatha brāhmaṇa, a vedic ritual manual and hymns for performing public śrauta rituals. Contains the famous verse beginning "asato mā sad gamaya" ("lead me from non-reality to reality") (f. 4v) and is an exegesis of ritual knowledge; speculates on the nature of the Self and meant to supplement the ritual learning. Attributed to the legendary sage Yājñavalkya.

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 10-13 lines per leaf.
   
• 11 leaves foliated 1-10, [11], upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Self (Philosophy)

Genres

• Hymns
• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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