Taittirīyopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; तैत्तिरीयोपनिषद्, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a late Vedic philosophical treatise that expounds upon the nature of existence and the importance and significance of Vedic mantras, their recitation, and how they lead one to the realization of higher truths especially to the ultimate, highest status of Being in the universe (brahman). Work includes many mantras (words of phrases of power) dedicated to various Hindu and Vedic gods. Manuscript ends with the beginning of a text of praise (stotra) dedicated to the Hindu deity Nārāyaṇa, a form of Viṣṇu.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Self (Philosophy); Hindu mantras; Brahman; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic; Hindu gods; Gods, Vedic; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Narayana (Hindu deity); Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (11 leaves) : paper; 12 x 25 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.; 11 leaves foliated 1-11, upper left and lower right verso.; 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; metrical accents added in red throughout.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 876

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts