Yājñīyopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; याज्ञ्नीयोपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is a late Vedic work, a philosophical treatise as well as a poetic work employing Hindu mantras that explore the meaning and nature of the highest disembodied Lord, referred to as Īśvara.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu mantras; Hindu gods; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper; 11 x 24 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 1v).; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; 1 leaf.; Colophon: iti yājñīyopaniṣat samāptaṃ (f. 1v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts