Kenopaniṣadbhāṣya, circa 1700-1850; प्रश्नोपनिषद्भाष्य,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Śaṅkarācārya

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (bhāṣya) written from the perspective of Advaita Vedānta on the Kenopaniṣad. This late Vedic work is dedicated to asking questions about the nature of the universe, human perception of it, and the highest realities therein (ātman, brahman, and others), 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); Hindu cosmology; Advaita; Vedanta; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Examinations; Commentaries; Treatises; Dialogues; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (13 leaves) : paper; 12 x 28 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Author named Śaṅkarabhagavata in commentary colophon (f. 13r).; Title from marginal abbreviations (f. 13r).; Written in 13-14 lines per leaf.; 13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīgoviṃdabhagavatpādapūjyaśiṣyasya paramahaṃsaparivrājakasya śrīśaṃkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau [kenara]padabhāṣyaṃ samāptaḥ // oṃ tat sat // śrīrāmāya namaḥ // (f. 13r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red near the front and back of the manuscript; vertical margins marked with triple red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts