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Title

Chāndogyopaniṣad.
छान्दोग्योपनिषद्

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1212
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9963665033503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/904699136
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6366503

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is an ancient philosophical treatise, sociological study, and interpretation of more ancient rites and ceremonies from the early Vedic period. Presents a series of metaphors and philosophical problems that relate and compare the Self (ātman) to the ultimate reality in the universe.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 50v).
   
• Written in 8 lines per leaf.
   
• 51 leaves foliated 1-50, [i], 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; vertical margins marked with double black line.
   

Extent

1 item (51 leaves) : 11 x 24 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti paṃcamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 5 // śrīśubhaṃbhavatu // ślokasaṃkhyā / savāsātase / 7 / (f. 50v).

Subjects topical

• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Ātman
• Self (Philosophy)
• 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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