Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad (Adhyāya 5)
ms_coll_390item_998 · University of Pennsylvania
Introduction
About this Manuscript
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad belongs to Śukla Yajurveda. This manuscript contains fifth Adhyāya . Upaniṣad consists of three sections . From that Adhyāya 5 is within the third section which is called as Khilakāṇḍa (“Supplementary Section”). It deals with certain modes of meditation. Adhyāya starts with Brahman is infinite. The Adhyāya on Brahman's palce, Brahman is the heart , Brahman is the real , Course of a man after death , Brahman as food and breath together. (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad - Shankara Bhashya translated by Swami Madhavananda, page 8 to 16, 800 to 866 ,The Early Upaniṣads in Sanskrit and English Parallel Texts, Patrick Olivelle, page 15–29). This manuscript written in 11 lines per leaf. 3 leaves foliated 1–3, upper left verso; lower right verso foliated 36–38. Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents added in red throughout.
Digital Facsimile Viewer
Loading Mirador Viewer
Catalogue Metadata
| Title | Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad (Adhyāya 5) |
| Repository | University of Pennsylvania |
| Reference Number | ms_coll_390item_998 |
| Collection | Collection of Indic Manuscripts |
| Language | Sanskrit |
| Script | Devanāgarī |
| Subject Classification | Āraṇyaka Literature, Upaniṣad Literature, Hindu Philosophy, Darśanaśāstra, Yajuravedic Literature. |
| Date | 1846 Vikrama Saṃvat (1789 CE) |
| Place of Origin | United States of America |
| IIIF Manifest | Public IIIF manifest available |