Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1161: Aitareyopaniṣad. University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1161: Aitareyopaniṣad. 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 8-12 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 is written by the same scribe as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1160, 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 1161 9963566583503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/903650119 Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a late Vedic philosophical treatise appended to the Ṛgveda; as a Upaniṣad, it contains speculations about the nature of being, the self, birth, and breath; also early myths. Commentary by Dāmodara running parallel above and below the root text. In Sanskrit Aitareyopaniṣad. ऐतरेयोपनिषद् scribe Bhānu Colophon: iti aitareyopaniṣadātmadkaḥ samāptaḥ (f. 7r).

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