Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1220: Śāntyupaniṣad University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1220: 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 margins. Written in 10 lines per leaf. 2 leaves foliated 6-7, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1220 9963597863503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/904025727 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6359786 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. Manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript. In Sanskrit Śāntyupaniṣad शान्त्युपनिषद् Colophon: ity upaniṣat śāṃtidaḥ syāt // (f. 7v).

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 1 item (2 leaves) : 11 x 21 cm Brahman Devotional literature, Sanskrit Hindu mantras Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Prayers Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century