Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1153: Kenopaniṣadbhāṣya University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1153: Kenopaniṣadbhāṣya 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 title page (f. 1r). Written in 13-16 lines per leaf. 21 leaves foliated 1-21, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. Some folios are treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect the manuscript from insects. Manuscript is written by the same hand as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1152. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1153 9963505863503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/903125399 Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (bhāṣya) written from the perspective of Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy on the Kenopaniṣad. This late Vedic work is dedicated to asking questions about the nature of the universe, human perception of it, and the highest realities therein (ātman, brahman, and others), between students and their teacher. In the process the work addresses and offers an interpretation of early social and ritual action. In Sanskrit Kenopaniṣadbhāṣya प्रश्नोपनिषद्भाष्य Śaṅkarācārya Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīgoviṃdabhagavatpādapūjyapādaśiṣyaparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmacchaṃkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau talavakāropaniṣatsūdragaṇevākyavivaraṇaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 21v).

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 1 item (21 leaves) : 19 x 36 cm Hinduism--Examinations, questions, etc Self (Philosophy) Hindu cosmology Advaita Vedanta Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Commentaries Treatises Dialogues Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century