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Ms. Coll. 390, Item 857 - Iśopaniṣad
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| Title: |
Upanishads. Īśopaniṣad.
Iśopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
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| Physical description: |
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 25 cm.
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| Summary: |
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.
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| Notes: |
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.
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| Cite as: |
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 857
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| Contained in: |
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 857
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| Manuscript location: |
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390
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| Vernacular script: |
इशोपनिषद्, १७००-१८५०.
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