Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Upanishads. Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad.

Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad, 1786.

1 item (75 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm.

Ancient Hindu proto-philosophical treatise in verse, a source for the Vedānta tradition, with two commentaries, the Gauḍapādakārikā and Śaṅkarācārya's Māṇḍūkyopaniṣadbhāṣya.

Title from colophon. (f. 75r).

Written in 11 lines per leaf.

75 leaves foliated 1-75, upper left and lower right verso.

Dated śaka 1708 and saṃvat 1843 (1786) (f. 75r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

Scribe is Ḍeṅkare Mahādeva who lived in Vārāṇasī (f. 75r).

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1191

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1191

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

माण्डूक्योपनिषद्, १७८६.