Chāndogyopaniṣad. Adhyāya 7-8, circa 1700-1850; छान्दोग्योपनिषद्.अध्याय ७-८,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is an ancient philosophical treatise, sociological study, and interpretation of more ancient rites and ceremonies from the early Vedic period. Presents a series of metaphors and philosophical problems that relate and compare the Self (ātman) to the ultimate reality in the universe.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Ātman; Self (Philosophy); Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (21 leaves) : paper; 11 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in margins, upper left verso.; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; 21 leaves foliated 1-21, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti chāṃdogye aṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ // samāptaḥ // (f. 21v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse numbers highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black lines.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1210

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts