Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya, circa 1650-1799; मुण्डकोपनिषद्भाष्य,१६५०-१७९९

Name:

Śaṅkarācārya

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1650

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical commentary on the Muṇḍakopaniṣad, a late Vedic work that is comprised of verse and mantras (words and phrases of power) that are used in meditation and ritual, for unlocking the secrets of higher knowledge, especially knowledge of the Self (ātman). Commentary is written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Philosophy, Indic; Hindu philosophy; Ātman; Self (Philosophy); Rites and ceremonies; Hindu mantras; Hindu mantras -- Early works to 1800; Rites and ceremonies -- India -- Early works to 1800; Self (Philosophy) -- Early works to 1800; Ātman -- Early works to 1800; Advaita -- Early works to 1800; Advaita; Vedanta -- Early works to 1800; Vedanta; Hindu philosophy -- Early works to 1800; Philosophy, Indic -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (27 leaves) : paper; 10 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 5v).; Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.; 27 leaves foliated 1-27, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīgoviṃdabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyaparamahaṃsaparivrājakāvāryaśrīśaṃkarācāryabhagavataḥ kṛtaṃ muṃḍakopaniṣadbhāṣyaṃ [?]m // (f. 27).; Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant symbols, words, and 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 Item 1108

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts