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Two early upaniṣads, circa 1700-1850

Available Online: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3dn4000s
Title: Two early upaniṣads, circa 1700-1850
Date: 1700
Collection: Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Item Type: Text
Physical Format: Treatises, Manuscripts, Sanskrit, Manuscripts, manuscripts (documents)
Description: Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a collection of three early upaniṣads; these are late Vedic, philosophical treatises employed to reinforce and instill ideas and concepts about the makeup of the universe. Such ideas and teachings typically went beyond tradition Vedic training that focused on the performance of and/or strict adherence to rituals alone; however, the texts themselves comment on and/or espouse different kinds of ritual practices. Includes a discussion of various states of consciousness and employs various mantras (words or phrases of power) to be used in meditation and ritual, for unlocking the secrets of higher knowledge, especially knowledge of the Self (ātman).
Extent: 1 item (6 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 17 cm
Language: Sanskrit
Note: Table of contents: Munḍakopaniṣad (f. 1r-5r) -- Mānḍukyopaniṣad (f. 5v-6v)., Title supplied by cataloger., Written in 11-16 lines per leaf., 6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso., Colophon: māṃḍukopaniṣatsamāptā // śrībhagavataparabrahmaṇe namaḥ // bhadraṃkarṇe // svasti // oṃ śāṃtiḥ // (f. 6v)., Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; some metrical accents added in red; some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect manuscript from insects., In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Relation: Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3dn4000s
Subject: Hindu mantras, Consciousness -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism, Self (Philosophy), Rites and ceremonies -- India, Rites and ceremonies, Hindu philosophy, Philosophy, Indic
Geographic Subject: India
Physical Location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 982
Rights: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Bibnumber: 9962763683503681

IIIF manifest: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3dn4000s/manifest

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