Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is a late Vedic work, a philosophical treatise that reinterprets the symbolic value of Hindu rites and rituals, pointing to an underlying continuum between the individual self (ātman) and the universe (brahman).
Govinda Brahma (Son of Kaṇḍabhaṭṭa Brahma), scribe.
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Dated saṃvat 1846 (1789) based on date from Ms. Coll. 390, Item 999 (f. 8r), a later section of the same manuscript.; Manuscript is part of a larger manuscript that also contained Ms. Coll. 390, Item 994, Item 995, Item 997, Item 998, and Item 999.; Title from colophon (f. 9v).; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; 9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left verso; lower right verso foliated 17-25.; Scribe is Govinda Brahma, the son of Kaṇḍabhaṭṭa Brahma, who resided in the Hindu pilgrimage center of Varāṇasī (Ms. Coll. 390, Item 999, f. 8r).; Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents added in red throughout.; Colophon: iti bṛhadāranyake bhāṣyānukrame tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ // prathamādārabhyapaṃcamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 5 // (f. 9v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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