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

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:

manuscripts (documents); dialogues; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; examinations (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (9 leaves) : paper; 14 x 26 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti ṣaṣṭapraśnaḥ iti ṣaṣṭapraśnopaniṣatsaṃpūrṇaḥ // athamudopaniṣatprāraṃbhaḥ // (f. 8v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents written in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. Manuscript was written by the same scribe and on the same kind of paper as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 843.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 846

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts