Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1238: Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad. University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1238: Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad. 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. 71v). Written in 9-10 lines per leaf. 18 leaves foliated 54-71, upper left and lower right verso. Dated śaka 1677 (1755) (f. 71r). 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 triple 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 1238 9963702113503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/904995007 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6370211 Called the Great forest upaniṣad, it is the seventh and eighth chapters of one of the oldest of the upaniṣad genre and is a sub-section of the Śatapatha brāhmaṇa, a Vedic ritual manual and hymns for performing public śrauta rituals and is an exegesis of ritual knowledge; speculates on the nature of the Self and meant to supplement the ritual learning. Attributed to the legendary sage Yājñavalkya. In Sanskrit Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad. बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद् Colophon: iti śrīmatyupaniṣatkāṃḍe ṣaṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ // samāptam astu // (f. 71r).

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 1 item (18 leaves) : 10 x 21 cm Rites and ceremonies--India--Early works to 1800 Self (Philosophy)--Early works to 1800 Hindu philosophy--Early works to 1800 Philosophy, Indic--Early works to 1800 Treatises Manuals (instructional materials) Hymns (documents) Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts--India--18th century