Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 721: Chāndogyopaniṣad
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Title from colophon (f. 61v).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
54 leaves foliated 1-38, 46-61, upper left and lower right verso.
Dated saṃvat 1936 (1880) (f. 61v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents in red throughout.
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 721
9962105413503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/880439977
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6210541
Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is an ancient kind of treatise, philosophical, and sociological study and interpretation of more ancient rites and ceremonies from the early Vedic period. Text is divided into ten rather than the usual eight sections.
In Sanskrit
Chāndogyopaniṣad
छान्दोग्योपनिषद्
Colophon: iti chāṃdogya upaniṣade daśamaḥ prapāṭakaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 61v).
paper
1 item (54 leaves) : 10 x 17 cm
Vedanta
Rites and ceremonies--India
Hindu philosophy
Philosophy, Indic
Treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century