Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9963702113503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/904995007
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6370211

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Summary

Called the Great forest upaniṣad, it is the seventh and eighth chapters of one of the oldest of the upaniṣad genre and is a sub-section of the Śatapatha brāhmaṇa, a Vedic ritual manual and hymns for performing public śrauta rituals and is an exegesis of ritual knowledge; speculates on the nature of the Self and meant to supplement the ritual learning. Attributed to the legendary sage Yājñavalkya.

Notes

• Title from end title page (f. 71v).
   
• Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 18 leaves foliated 54-71, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated śaka 1677 (1755) (f. 71r).
   
• 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 triple red line.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Rites and ceremonies--India--Early works to 1800
• Self (Philosophy)--Early works to 1800
• Hindu philosophy--Early works to 1800
• Philosophy, Indic--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Treatises
• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Hymns (documents)
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century

Licenses

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