Śāntyupaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; शान्त्युपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is a Hindu quasi-philosophical treatise that praises the Vedas and Vedic gods and connects them with philosophical ideas about the oneness and unity of things with the ultimate principle in the universe, the brahman.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Gods, Vedic; Hindu mantras; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 23 cm

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in margin.; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Metrical accents indicated in red.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts