Ṣaḍācāryabrāhmaṇa, circa 1700-1850; षडाचार्यब्राह्मण,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is an early Hindu philosophical treatise on the nature of the ultimate principle of the brahman. The treatise is given as the teachings of six teachers (ṣaḍācārya) presented to the mythological king Janaka of Videha.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Brahman; Hindu mythology; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (7 leaves) : paper; 14 x 23 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 7r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: ṣaḍācāryabrāhmaṇasamāptaṃ (f. 7r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; metrical accents added in red throughout.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts