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Ātmaṣaṭka, circa 1700-1850; आत्मषट्क,१७००-१८५०

Date:
1700
Description:
Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a late Vedic philosophical treatise appended to the Ṛgveda; as a Upaniṣad, it contains speculations about the nature of being, the self, birth, and breath; also early myths. Contains a list of 16 verses after the end of the text written in portrait rather than landscape orientation (f. 3v).
Language:
Sanskrit
Subject:
Hindu mythology; Self (Philosophy); Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic
Resource Type:
Text
Form/Genre:
Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)
Physical Description:
1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 13 x 27 cm
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1234
Collection:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts