Indic Manuscripts Collection: Ms. Coll. 390, Item 877

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Title:	Upanishads. Kenopaniṣad. Kenopaniṣad, 1815.
Physical description:	1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 25 cm.
Language(s):	In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:	Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a philosophical work dedicated to asking questions about the nature of the universe, human perception of it, and the highest realities therein.
Subject:	Hinduism - Examinations, questions, etc. Hindu philosophy. Philosophy, Indic. Hindu cosmology. Perception (Philosophy)
Form / Genre:	Treatises. Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 19th century. Manuscripts - India - 19th century.
Notes:	Title from colophon (f. 3v). Written in 9 lines per leaf. 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso. Colophon: kena upaniṣa samāpta sakesa 17 se 37 (f. 3v). Date is śaka 1739 (1815) (f. 3v). Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse divisions added in red.
Indexed / Referenced in:	Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 516 (UP 877).
Cite as:	UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 877
Contained in:	Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 877
Manuscript location:	Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390
Vernacular script:	केनोपनिषद्, १८१५.

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	Collection: Indic Manuscripts
	Facsimile: Yes
	Illuminated: No
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	Language: Sanskrit
	Century: 19th century
	Date: 1815
	Genre: Manuscripts - India - 19th century
	Genre: Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 19th century
	Genre: Treatises
	Subject: Hindu cosmology
	Subject: Hindu philosophy
	Subject: Hinduism
	Subject: Perception (Philosophy)
	Subject: Philosophy, Indic
	Geography: India
	Page material: Paper

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