Fourteen yoga upaniṣads, after 1839

Date:

1839

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and contains fourteen late upaniṣads, part of the so-called Yoga-upaniṣads, written most likely in the medieval era; while styled after the classical upaniṣads and engaging with traditional topics related to the knowledge of the Self and the brahman, they are also influenced by Saṃkhyā-yoga philosophy as well as the Śakta tradition (such as in the Sītā upaniṣad).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Self (Philosophy); Sankhya; Yoga; Shaktism; Ātman; Brahman; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); treatises; watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (39 leaves) : paper; 21 x 31 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Table of contents: Yogatattvopaniṣad (f. 1r-3r) -- Ātmaprabodhopaniṣad (f. 3v-4r) -- Nāradaparivrājakopaniṣad (f. 4r-13v) -- Triśikhibrāhmaṇopaniṣad (f. 13v--16v) -- Sītopaniṣad (f. 17r-18r) -- Yogacūḍāmaṇyupaniṣad (f. 18r-20r) -- Nirvāṇopaniṣad (f. 20v) -- Maṇḍalabrāhmanopaniṣad (f. 21r-22v) -- Dakṣināmūrtyupaniṣad (f. 23r-23v) -- Śarabhopaniṣad (f. 23v-24r) -- Skandopaniṣad (f. 24v) -- Nārāyaṇopaniṣad (f. 24v-35r) -- Rāmarahasyopaniṣad (f. 36r-39v).; Title supplied by cataloger.; Written in 20-21 lines per leaf.; 39 leaves foliated 1-39, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti rāmarahasya upaniṣatsamāptaḥ // śrīrāmacaṃdrārpaṇam astu // (f. 39v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, verse dividers or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Watermarks on blue European paper are the name J. Caperony as well as the date 1839.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 889

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts