Maitreyopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; मैत्रेयोपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study and recitation, and is a Hindu or post-Vedic philosophical treatise discussing the nature of the deity Śiva and his status in relationship to the Self (ātman) and the ultimate reality (the brahman), and different rites and practices associated with this realization, especially the rudrakṣa, a kind of prayer bead associated with Śiva.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Śaivism; Siva (Hindu deity); Ātman; Brahman; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Self (Philosophy); Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 10 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: maitreyopaniṣad // (f. 2r).; Mistakes blacked out; some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect manuscript from insects.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts