Garbhopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; गर्भोपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a Hindu philosophical treatise, the Womb upaniṣad, dealing with the nature and physiology of the human body, its origin, and the nature of selfhood.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Human body -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Self (Philosophy); Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).; Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, 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.; Colophon: oṃ śāṃtiḥ 2 // iti garbhopaniṣat //; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts