Vāsudevopaniṣad, 1645; वासुदेवोपनिषद्,१६४५

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1645

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a kind of Hindu philosophical treatise, but used also in a prayer or ritual context, especially for Vaiṣṇavites, derived from the Athārvaveda and comprised, in part, of Vedic mantras; though written in the style of a late Vedic upaniṣad, may have been written in the post-Vedic period.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies; Vaishnavism; Philosophy, Indic; Hindu philosophy; Hindu mantras; Hindu mantras -- Early works to 1800; Hindu philosophy -- Early works to 1800; Philosophy, Indic -- Early works to 1800; Vaishnavism -- Early works to 1800; Rites and ceremonies -- India -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 28 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Dated saṃvat 1702 (1645) (f. 2v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts