Brahmavidopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; ब्रह्मविदोपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study and recitation and is a late Vedic philosophical treatise about the importance of knowledge about the brahman, the underlying source or power of the universe.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Brahman; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (6 leaves) : paper; 14 x 26 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 5v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 6 leaves foliated 1-5, [i], upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti brahmavidopaniṣadaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 5v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents added in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 874

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts