1677 Śaka Saṃvat (1755 CE)

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad (Adhyāya 7-8)

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Sanskrit Devanāgarī Script Āraṇyaka Literature Upaniṣad Literature
Repository University of Pennsylvania
Reference No. ms_coll_390item_1238
Language Sanskrit
Date 1677 Śaka Saṃvat (1755 CE)

About this Manuscript

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad belongs to Śukla Yajurveda. This manuscript contains Adhyāya 5 and 6 . 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. Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad belongs to Śukla Yajurveda. From the three sections Adhyāya 6 is within the third section which is called as Khilakāṇḍa (“Supplementary Section”). The Adhyāya consists supremacy of the Prana , Process of Rebirth , Conception and Birth as Religious Rites,The Line of Teachers. (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad - Shankara Bhashya translated by Swami Madhavananda, page 8 to 16, 800 to 952. The Early Upaniṣads in Sanskrit and English Parallel Texts, Patrick Olivelle, page 15–29)

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Title Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad (Adhyāya 7-8)
Repository University of Pennsylvania
Reference Number ms_coll_390item_1238
Collection Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Language Sanskrit
Script Devanāgarī
Subject Classification Āraṇyaka Literature, Upaniṣad Literature, Hindu Philosophy, Darśanaśāstra, Yajuravedic Literature.
Date 1677 Śaka Saṃvat (1755 CE)
Place of Origin United States of America
IIIF Manifest Public IIIF manifest available

Subjects & Keywords

Āraṇyaka Literature Upaniṣad Literature Hindu Philosophy Darśanaśāstra Yajuravedic Literature.