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Ms. Coll. 390 Item 973 Śikṣopaniṣad / शिक्षोपनिषद्

Title

Śikṣopaniṣad
शिक्षोपनिषद्

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 973
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

bibid: 9962761913503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/891673657
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6276191

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a late Vedic philosophical treatise on the attainment of divine knowledge and the importance and significance of Vedic mantras and words, their recitation, and how they lead to the realization of higher truths, such as the brahman, the ultimate principle in the universe. This text especially focuses on pronunciation.

Notes

Title from colophon (f. 9v).
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
9 leaves foliated 1-9, 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; metrical accents added in red throughout.

Extent

1 item (9 leaves) : 13 x 25 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

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

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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