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Ms. Coll. 390, Item 881 - 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 26 cm.
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| Language(s): |
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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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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| Subject: |
Vedas - Recitation.
Hindu mantras.
Hindu gods.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
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| Form / Genre: |
Treatises.
Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 18th century.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 19th century.
Manuscripts - India - 18th century.
Manuscripts - India - 19th century.
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| Notes: |
Title from marginal abbreviations; alternate title Vājasaneyisaṃhitā from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: pūrṇamada - śiṣyate // śāṃtḥ 3 // yajurve[da]vāja[saneyisaṃhitā] upani[ṣad] // (f. 2v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents added in red throughout.
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| 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 465 (UP 881).
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| Other Titles: |
Vedas. Yajurveda. Vājasaneyisaṃhitā.
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| Cite as: |
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 881
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| Contained in: |
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 881
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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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