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Title

Collection of late Vedic upaniṣads and rituals

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1205
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9963701953503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/904993877
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6370195

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Collection of late Vedic and possibly medieval upaniṣads which have a philosophical tone and often are couched in narrative, preceded by a work of Vedic ritual instruction.

Notes

• Title supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 17-20 lines per leaf.
   
• 71 leaves foliated 1-71, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; few corrections or additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; manuscript is oriented in a portrait rather than landscape format and was previously bound at the top with cord or string, giving the impression of a notebook.
   

Extent

1 item (71 leaves) : 13 x 24 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic

Genres

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

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