Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 921: Kaṭha University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 921: Kaṭha 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 ©2018 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 page (f. 1r). Written in 8-10 lines per leaf. 10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and extensive additions in margins; some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect the manuscript from insects. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 921 9962528943503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/888035557 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6252894 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. Manuscript has some kind of brief commentary written in the margins of the first two folios (f. 1v-2r). In Sanskrit Kaṭha कठ Colophon: iti tṛtīyāvallī adhyāyaścaprathamaḥ samāptaḥ śubhaṃ śiva // (f. 5v).

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 1 item (5 leaves) : 10 x 25 cm Ātman Self (Philosophy) Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Dialogues Commentaries Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century