Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 969: Maitreyopaniṣad University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 969: Maitreyopaniṣad 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 marginal abbreviations. Written in 8 lines per leaf. 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; corrections and additions in margins. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 969 9962758913503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/891662308 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6275891 Manuscript is used for contemplation, study and recitation, and is a Hindu or post-Vedic philosophical treatise discussing the nature of the deity Śiva and his status in relationship to the Self (ātman) and the ultimate reality (the brahman), and different rites and practices associated with this realization, especially the rudrakṣa, a kind of prayer bead associated with Śiva. In Sanskrit Maitreyopaniṣad मैत्रेयोपनिषद् Colophon: iti maitreyyupaniṣa[dādi] samāptā // śrīśaṃkarārpaṇam astu // (f. 2r).

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 1 item (4 leaves) : 13 x 25 cm Śaivism Siva (Hindu deity) Ātman Brahman Rites and ceremonies--India Self (Philosophy) Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century