Śārīropaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; शारीरोपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is an early, post-Vedic philosophical treatise exploring the nature of the physical body and its relationship to the innermost Self; the work also contains numerous Vedic and other kinds of mantras employed in rites of praise and worship.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Human body -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Hindu mantras; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 10 x 16 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4v).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: śārīropaniṣadsamāptāḥ (f. 4v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; 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