Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Upanishads. Īśopaniṣad.

Iśopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 25 cm.

Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is a late Vedic work, a philosophical treatise though also a poetic work employing Hindu mantras that explores the meaning and nature of the highest disembodied Lord, referred to as Īśvara.

Title from title page (f. 1r).

Written in 9 lines per leaf.

2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.

Incipit: pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāyapūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate // oṃ śāṃtḥ śāṃtḥ śāṃtiḥ // (f. 2v).

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 double red line. Metrical accents added in red throughout.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 857

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 857

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390

इशोपनिषद्, १७००-१८५०.