Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1111: Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1111: Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad 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 from marginal abbreviation (f. 1v). Written in 10-12 lines per leaf. 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1111 9963335013503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/900197508 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6333501 Manuscript is used for contemplation, study and recitation and is a late Vedic philosophical treatise employing primarily mantras (words or phrases of power), especially the mantra Oṃ. The work outlines four states of consciousness (awake, dreaming, sleeping, and transcendent) and is the shortest among the Upaniṣads with 12 verses. In Sanskrit Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad माण्डूक्योपनिषद्

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 1 item (3 leaves) : 10 x 21 cm Om Consciousness--Religious aspects--Hinduism Hindu mantras Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century