Amṛtabiṇḍūpaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; अमृतबिण्डूपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for study and consultation and inquires into theories of knowledge about the self (ātman), its place in the cycle of life and death (saṃsāra), and its place in relationship to the Hindu deity Śiva, envisioned as the highest Lord of the universe. Contains discussion of mantras and sound. Text is often named as one of the so-called Yoga upaniṣads, which were likely composed in the fourteenth century or later.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Yoga; Salvation -- Hinduism; Knowledge, Theory of (Hinduism); Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Self (Philosophy); Hindu mantras; Sound -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 11 x 33 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4r).; Written in 21-23 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: ity amṛtabiṃdūpaniṣatsamāptam // śrīsāṃbasadāśivārpaṇam astu // (f. 4r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 928

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts