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Ms. Coll. 390 Item 991 Brahmopaniṣad / ब्रह्मोपनिषद्

Title

Brahmopaniṣad
ब्रह्मोपनिषद्

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 991
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

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Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a Hindu philosophical treatise in the style of the late Vedic upaniṣads, but written in the medieval period. Part of what is known as the Yoga upaniṣads and influenced by the Saṃkhyā and Vedānta, as well as Śakta, philosophical traditions. Work expounds on the universal notion of the brahman and its relationship to the self (ātman). Second, unidentified text begins: jīvanmukto ratikrīḍāmithunānaṃdalakṣaṇān (f. 2v).

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Extent

1 item (2 leaves) : 11 x 22 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti brahmopaniṣatsaṃpūrṇaṃ [//] nāradotdhavādibhistutyaṃ naranārāyaṇānvitaṃ // śrīkāśīviśveśvarārpaṇam astu //(f. 8v).

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fol. 1r
3412_0000.tif (46.7 MB)
3412_0000_thumb.jpg (5.4 KB)
3412_0000_web.jpg (341.6 KB)

fol. 1v-2r
3412_0001.tif (84.1 MB)
3412_0001_thumb.jpg (8.6 KB)
3412_0001_web.jpg (574.0 KB)

fol. 2v
3412_0002.tif (46.7 MB)
3412_0002_thumb.jpg (5.5 KB)
3412_0002_web.jpg (355.1 KB)