Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1065: Kaṭhopaniṣad University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1065: Kaṭhopaniṣad are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from colophon (f. 16v). Written in 8-9 lines per leaf. 16 leaves foliated 1-16, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line; floral patterns drawn on title page (f. 1r) as well as after colophon at end of manuscript (f. 16v). 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1065 9963181723503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/897954824 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6318172 Manuscript is used for contemplation, study and recitation, and is a Hindu or Late Vedic philosophical treatise presented as a dialogue between a father Vājraśrava, and his son Niciketas; the work addresses early concepts of the Self (ātman), as well as addressing and offering interpretation of early social and ritual action. In Sanskrit Kaṭhopaniṣad कठोपनिषद् Colophon: oṃ tat sat // kaṭhopaniṣatsamāptaḥ // (f. 16v).

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 1 item (16 leaves) : 10 x 14 cm Ātman Self (Philosophy) Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Dialogues Drawings (visual works) Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century