Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1102: Taittirīyopaniṣad University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1102: Taittirīyopaniṣad 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 ©2018 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts 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 supplied by cataloger. Written in 8-9 lines per leaf. 23 leaves foliated 1-23, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes covered in yellow, red or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line; title page borders around title marked with double red line; metrical accents added in red throughout. Watermarks bearing the initials G.B. along with a floral design, and the name Deferrari. Scribe is Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭ Rāna (f. 23v). 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1102 9963334903503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/900197403 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6333490 Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a late Vedic philosophical treatise that expounds upon the nature of existence and the importance and significance of Vedic mantras, their recitation, and how they lead one to the realization of higher truths, especially to the ultimate, highest status of Being in the universe (brahman). Work includes many mantras (words and phrases of power) dedicated to various Vedic gods to be used in prayer and rituals. Manuscript contains the first three sections of this work, according to a marginal note in a second scribal hand (f. 1r). In Sanskrit Taittirīyopaniṣad तैत्तिरीयोपनिषद् scribe Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭ Rāna

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 1 item (23 leaves) : 10 x 22 cm Self (Philosophy) Hindu mantras Gods, Vedic Rites and ceremonies--India Devotional literature, Sanskrit Brahman Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Watermarks Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century