Muṇḍakopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; मुण्डकोपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation; a late Vedic work comprised of verse and mantras (words and phrases of power) to be used in meditation and ritual, for unlocking the secrets of higher knowledge, especially knowledge of the Self (ātman), expounded on by early Hindu philosophers.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper; 14 x 26 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti suṃḍa[ko]paniṣatsamāptaṃ // (f. 8v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line. Manuscript was written by the same scribe and on the same kind of paper as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 846.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 843

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts