Praśnopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; प्रश्नोपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Kāśyāṇḍeṅkare Māhādeva (scribe)

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a late Vedic work that addresses early philosophical concepts of the Self (ātman) and poses a series of questions (praśna) and answers between students and their teacher. In the process the work addresses and offers an interpretation of early social and ritual action.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hinduism; Hinduism -- Examinations, questions, etc; Self (Philosophy); Ātman; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; Examinations; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (7 leaves) : paper; 11 x 24 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 7v).; Written in 10 lines per leaf.; 7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti praśnopaniṣatsamāptaḥ // (f. 7v).; Scribe is Kāśyāṇḍeṅkare Māhādeva (f. 7v).; 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.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1197

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts