Brahmopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; ब्रह्मोपनिषद्, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation; and is a Hindu philosophical treatise, but employing Vedic mantras, with the purpose of bringing knowledge about the brahman or underlying source of reality.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Reality; Hinduism; Brahman; Reality -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Hindu mantras; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 13 x 25 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from end title page (f. 2v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti brahmopaniṣatsamāptā // (f. 2r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. Red border using double red line and the Oṃ mantra as a repetitive design in red within the lines on end title page (f. 2v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 863

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts