Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1105: Two upaniṣads University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1105: Two upaniṣads 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 9 lines per leaf. 5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso. Internal colophon: iti paṃcabrahmopaniṣatsamāptaḥ // (f. 3r). Colophon of first work and part of incipit of second work highlighted in red (f. 3r). 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1105 9963242393503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/898493505 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6324239 Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is comprised of two upaniṣads, possibly derived from the corpus of works related to and drawing verses from, the Atharvaveda. The first is a collection of verses designed to promote, praise, and appreciate the universal complexity of the Hindu deity Śiva, while the second is a critique of Vedic sacrifice, found in the earliest Vedas, in verse. Both works function as do many upaniṣads, as quasi-philosophical works that are later absorbed into and commented upon by medieval analytical philosophers. In Sanskrit Two upaniṣads Colophon of first work and part of incipit of second work highlighted in red (f. 3r).

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 1 item (5 leaves) : 11 x 22 cm Siva (Hindu deity) Śaivism Rites and ceremonies--India Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Poems Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century