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THE SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS.
No. 693. महोपनिषत्. MAHOPANISAD.
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
Pages, 2. Lines, 6 on a page.
Begins on fol. 49a of the MS. described under No. 285. Contains only a portion of the first Adhyaya.
No. 694. माण्डुक्योपनिषत्. MANDUKYOPANIŞAD.
Pages, 2. Lines, 11 on a page.
Begins on fol. 2a of the M3. described under No. 203. Complete.
This Upanisad describes the meaning and the power of Praṇava as a means of knowing the nature and the reality of the self. A number of Ślōkas by Gauḍapada in interpretation of the Upnisad is considered by some to form part of the Upanisad itself. They are divided into four Prakaranas, and expound the Advaita school of the Vedanta, and are intended to meet certain objections that may be raised against that school.
In this MS. the first Prakarana of Gauḍapadakarika is mixed up with the Upanisad; and therefore the extract from the end happens to be a passage of the Karika. For the end of the Upanisad itself see under the next number.
Beginning:
499
ओमित्येतदक्षरमिदं सर्वं तस्योपव्याख्यानं भूतं भवद्भविष्यदिति सर्वमोङ्कार एव। यच्चान्यत् त्रिकालातीतं तदप्योङ्कार एव । सर्वं ह्येतद्ब्रह्मायमात्मा ब्रह्म सोऽयमात्मा चतुष्पाज्जागरितस्थानो बहिः प्रज्ञस्सप्ताङ्ग एकोनविंशतिमुखः स्थूलभुग्वैश्वानरः प्रथमः पादः । स्वप्नस्थानोऽन्तःप्रज्ञः सप्ताङ्ग एकोनविंशतिमुखः प्रविविक्तभुक्तैजसो द्वितीयः पादः ॥
End: सर्वस्य प्रणवो ह्यादिर्मध्यमन्तस्तथैव च । एवं हि प्रणवं ज्ञात्वा व्यश्नुते तदनन्तरम् ॥
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