Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1167: Kaṭhopaniṣad University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1167: Kaṭhopaniṣad 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 abbreviations in margins throughout; title of commentary Kāṭhopaniṣadvyākhyā from commentary colophon (f. 16r). Written in 9-11 lines per leaf. 17 leaves foliated 1-16, [i], upper left and lower right verso. Commentary colophon: iti kaṭhavallīvyākhyādāmodarakṛteti (f. 16r). Scribe is Bhānu (Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1165, f. 4r). Dated saṃvat 1917 and śaka 1782 (1860) based on Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1169 (f. 100r), written by the same scribe. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Manuscript written by the same scribe as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1160, Item 1161, Item 1164, Item 1165, Item 1166, Item 1168, Item 1169, and Item 1172. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1167 9963566933503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/903651830 Manuscript is used for contemplation, study and recitation, and is a Hindu or Late Vedic philosophical treatise presented as a dialogue between a father Vājraśrava, and his son Niciketas; the work addresses early concepts of the Self (ātman), as well as addressing and offering interpretation of early social and ritual action. An Advaita Vedānta commentary, Damodāra's Kāṭhopaniṣadvyākhyā, runs above and below the root text. In Sanskrit Kaṭhopaniṣad कठोपनिषद् Damodāra scribe Bhānu

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 1 item (17 leaves) : 13 x 35 cm Advaita Vedanta Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Commentaries Treatises Dialogues Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--19th century