Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1160: Śikṣopaniṣad University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1160: Śikṣopaniṣad 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 colophon (f. 7r). Written in 11 lines per leaf. 7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso. Dated saṃvat 1917 and śaka 1782 (1860) based on Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1169 (f. 100r), written by the same scribe. Scribe is Bhānu (Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1165, f. 4r). Manuscript written by the same scribe as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1161, Item 1164, Item 1165, Item 1166, Item 1167, Item 1168, Item 1169, and Item 1172. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1160 9963564023503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/903642583 Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a late Vedic philosophical treatise on the attainment of divine knowledge and the importance and significance of Vedic mantras and words, their recitation, and how they lead to the realization of higher truths, such as the brahman, the ultimate principle in the universe. This text especially focuses on pronunciation. Work contains an unidentified commentary, possibly by Damodāra. In Sanskrit Śikṣopaniṣad शिक्षोपनिषद् scribe Bhānu Colophon: iti [śi]kṣopaniṣatsamāptaṃ (f. 7r).

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 1 item (7 leaves) : 13 x 35 cm Hindu mantras Self (Philosophy) Brahman Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Commentaries Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--19th century