Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1219: Kaṭhopaniṣad University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1219: 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 ©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 end title page (f. 12v). Written in 7-9 lines per leaf. 12 leaves foliated 1-12, 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 black line. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1219 9963597783503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/904025605 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6359778 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 Colophon: iti ātharvaṇīyeṣupaniṣasukaṭhavakṣī upaniṣasamāpta // (f. 12r).

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 1 item (12 leaves) : 10 x 20 cm Self (Philosophy) Ātman Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Dialogues Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century