Rāmatāpanyupaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; रामतापन्युपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, recitation, and prayer, and is a quasi-philosophical, post-Vedic work, styled after a traditional upaniṣad. The work glorifies and compares the Hindu epic hero Rāma to the ultimate principles and highest realities in the universe and draws from the mythology of the Rāmāyaṇa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rāma (Hindu deity); Hindu mythology; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic; Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (13 leaves) : paper; 10 x 22 cm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 13r); alternate title Rāmatāpanīyopaniṣad.; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti sāmavedāṃtargataśārdūśākhāyāṃ rāmotraratāpanyupaniṣatsamāptāṃ // (f. 13r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts