Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1214: Śāntyupaniṣad University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1214: Śāntyupaniṣad 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 ©2017 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 margin. Written in 9 lines per leaf. 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Metrical accents indicated in red. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1214 9963597073503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/904024654 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6359707 Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is a Hindu quasi-philosophical treatise that praises the Vedas and Vedic gods and connects them with philosophical ideas about the oneness and unity of things with the ultimate principle in the universe, the brahman. In Sanskrit Śāntyupaniṣad शान्त्युपनिषद्

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 1 item (2 leaves) : 11 x 23 cm Gods, Vedic Hindu mantras Devotional literature, Sanskrit Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Prayers Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century