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MS. Mill 109

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Upaniṣads, A.D. 1793.

Contents

A Collection of 52 Ātharvaṇa Upaniṣads

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 224 + vi
Dimensions (binding): 14.6 × 12.7 cm.

Condition

the edges of the leaves are in many cases badly eaten by ants.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

f. 224: paṃḍitalālakena likhitaṃ | If we accept the date, 1793, for the writing, there is nothing to prevent the identification of the scribe with the compiler of MS. Wilson 419. The handwriting in both cases is very similar. The scribe is identical with that of MS. Mill 108 (993), and probably the history of the MS. is the same.

History

Origin: A. D. 1793.

f. 224: oṃ śrīsaṃvat 62 māghavaditṛtīyasyāṃ some | Now saṃvat 62 is unintelligible, unless it is, like MS. Mill 108 (993), a copy from a Kashmir original, nor can it surely mean a. d. 1713, as the Bodl. catal., p. 394a, says, apparently reading 69 and equating it with 1769. But on f. 3 the MS. is said to have been copied at Lucknow, apparently in a. d. 1793. This date suits the very modern hand perfectly.

Provenance and Acquisition

f. 1: ‘From Col. Claud Martin to Sir William Jones. Copied at Lucknow from an original in the possession of Col. M. 2nd Febry. 1793.’ This note is in Jones’ handwriting. On the inside front cover is written in pencil: ‘S. H. L. 1831. The “Oupnekhát” in Sanscrit. From Sir W. Jones’s library with his MS. notes.’ F. 1:’S. H. Lewin—1831, to W. H. Mill, D.D., 1838.’ This is presumably in Lewin’s writing.

The collections of William Hodge Mill were purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1849 and 1858.

MS. Mill 109(1) [fols 1v]

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The Muṇdaka Upaniṣad.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(2) [fols 9v-18v]

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The Praśna Upaniṣad.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(3) [fols 18v-19v]

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The Brahma Upaniṣad.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: oṃ brahmavidyāṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvajñānamanuttamāṃ | yatrotpattiṃ layaṃ caiva brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāt ‖ 3 ‖ prasādāṃtasamurttarya Viṣṇor adbhūtakarmaṇaḥ | rahasyaṃ brahmavidyāyāṃ dhruvāgniḥ saṃpracakṣate ‖

MS. Mill 109(4) [fols 19v-21v]

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The Kṣurikā Upaniṣad, in three sectiona,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(5) [fols 21v-23v]

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The Dhūlikopaniṣad, i. e. the Cūlikā Upaniṣad,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(6) [fols 23v-32]

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The Atharvaśiras Upaniṣad

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(7) [fols 32-33v]

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The Atharvaśikhā Upaniṣad (wrongly called Atharvaśiras in the MS. colophon)

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(8) [fols 33v-37]

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The Garbha Upaniṣad,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(9) [fols 37v-39v]

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The Mahā Upaniṣad,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(10) [fols 39v-43v]

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The Brahma Upaniṣad, three sections.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: oṃ athāsya puruṣasya catvāri sthānāni |

MS. Mill 109(11) [fols 43v-47]

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The Prāṇāgnihotra Upaniṣad,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(12–15) [fols 47-51v]

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The Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(16) [fols 67v-70]

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The Nīlarudra Upaniṣad, in three sections,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(17) [fols 70-72]

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The Nādabindu Upaniṣad,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(18) [fols 72-74]

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The Brahmabindu Upaniṣad (here and in 17 spelt in the MS. ºdhiṃdu),

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(19) [fols 74-77]

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The Amṛtabindu Upaniṣad,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(20) [fols 77-79]

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The Dhyānabindu Upaniṣad,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(21) [fols 79-80v]

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The Tejobindu Upaniṣad,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(22) [fols 80v-81v]

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The Yogaśikhā Upaniṣad,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(23) [fols 81v-83]

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The Yogatattva Upaniṣad,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(24) [fols 83-85v]

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The Sannyāsa Upaniṣad,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(25) [fols 85v-87v]

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The Āruṇi Upaniṣad.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: oṃ Āruṇiḥ Prajāpater lokaṃ cāmṛtaṃ jagāmṛtaṃ gatvāvāca | &c.

MS. Mill 109(26) [fols 87v-91]

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The Kaṇṭhaśruti Upaniṣad.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: yo ’nukramati manyasati sannyasti bhavati | ya ātmānaṃ kriyābhiḥ suguptaṃ karoti | &c.

MS. Mill 109(27) [fols 91-92v]

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The Piṇda Upaniṣad,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(28) [fols 92v-93]

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The Ātma Upaniṣad,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(29-33)

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The Nṛsiṃhapūrvatāpanīya Upaniṣad, divided into five Upaniṣads (nos. 29–33).

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(34) [fols 113v-130]

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The Nṛsiṃhottaratāpanīya Upaniṣad, in nine khaṇḍas,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(35, 36)

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Summary of Contents: The Kaṭhavallī Upaniṣad, the pūrvavallī and the uttaravallī, each containing three vallīs, are reckoned as two Upaniṣads (nos. 35, 36).

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(37) [fols 143-146v]

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The Keneṣita Upaniṣad, in four khaṇḍas,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(38) [fols 146v-149]

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The Nārāyaṇa Upaniṣad (unnamed in the MS.),

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(39) [fols 149-161]

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Summary of Contents: The Bṛhannārāyaṇa Upaniṣad (i. e. the Mahānārāyaṇa), first part, in eleven sections = Taittirīya Āraṇyaka, X, 1–14, begins on f. 149, ends on f. 161. See on MS. Wilson 479 (990).

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(40) [fols 161-172]

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The Bṛhannārāyaṇa Upaniṣad, second part = Taitt. Ār., X, 15–63,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(41) [fols 172-175]

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The Sarvopaniṣatsāra, called in the colophon Samupaniṣat,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(42) [fols 175v-178.]

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The Haṃsa Upaniṣad.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: oṃ Gautama vvāca | oṃ bhagavan sarvadharmajña sarvaśāstraviśārada | brahmavidyāprabodho hi kenopāyena jāyate ‖ Sanatkumāra uvāca |

MS. Mill 109(43) [fols 178-180]

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The Paramahamsa Upaniṣad,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(44) [fols 180-190]

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The Ānandavallī Upaniṣad, being the seventh and eighth prapāṭhakas of the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(45) [fols 190-194]

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The Bhṛguvallī Upaniṣad, being the ninth prapāṭhaka of the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(46) [fols 194v-195v]

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The Gāruḍa Upaniṣad,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(47) [fols 195v-196v]

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The Kālāgnirudra Upaniṣad,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(48) [fols 196v-205]

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The Rāmapūrvatāpanīya Upaniṣad.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: oṃ namo ’tharvavedāya Rāmabhadrasvarūpiṇe | oṃ cinmaye ’smin | &c.

MS. Mill 109(49) [fols 205-213v]

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The Rāmottaratāpamya Upaniṣad, in five khaṇḍas,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(50) [fols 213v-217]

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The Kaivalya Upaniṣad, in two khaṇḍas,

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 109(51) [fols 217-220v]

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The Jābāla Upaniṣad, beginning on f. 217: Yājñavalkṛṃ yad anu Kurukṣetra | It ends on f. 220v.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: Yājñavalkṛṃ yad anu Kurukṣetra |

MS. Mill 109(52) [fols 220v-223]

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The Āśrama Upaniṣad,

Language(s): Sanskrit

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1007 (1–52), pp. 73-74

Availability

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Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1007 (1–52), pp. 73-74

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