Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1270: Nirālambopaniṣad University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1270: Nirālambopaniṣad 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 © 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 colophon (f. 3v). Written in 9 lines per leaf. 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins, some in a second scribal hand; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1270 9963754463503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/905547595 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6375446 Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a work dedicated to philosophical inquiries, a set of questions with answers, to help better understand the nature of the universe and various aspects of its composition both physical and sociological (the nature of its constituent parts, the nature of demons, students, teachers, and more). In Sanskrit Nirālambopaniṣad निरालम्बोपनिषद् Colophon: nirālaṃbopaniṣatsamāptaṃ // (f. 3v).

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 1 item (3 leaves) : 13 x 22 cm Demonology--India Hindu cosmology Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century