Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad. Adhyāya 7-8, 1755; बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद्.अध्याय ७-८,१७५५

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1755

Description:

Called the Great forest upaniṣad, it is the seventh and eighth chapters of one of the oldest of the upaniṣad genre and is a sub-section of the Śatapatha brāhmaṇa, a Vedic ritual manual and hymns for performing public śrauta rituals and is an exegesis of ritual knowledge; speculates on the nature of the Self and meant to supplement the ritual learning. Attributed to the legendary sage Yājñavalkya.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Philosophy, Indic; Hindu philosophy; Self (Philosophy); Rites and ceremonies; Rites and ceremonies -- India -- Early works to 1800; Self (Philosophy) -- Early works to 1800; Hindu philosophy -- Early works to 1800; Philosophy, Indic -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuals (instructional materials); Hymns (documents); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (18 leaves) : paper; 10 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from end title page (f. 71v).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 18 leaves foliated 54-71, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmatyupaniṣatkāṃḍe ṣaṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ // samāptam astu // (f. 71r).; Dated śaka 1677 (1755) (f. 71r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; 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