Nirālambopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; निरालम्बोपनिषद्, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a work dedicated to philosophical inquiries, a set of questions with answers, to help better understand the nature of the universe and various aspects of its composition both physical and sociological (the nature of its constituent parts, the nature of demons, students, teachers, and more).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Demonology; Demonology -- India; Hindu cosmology; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 13 x 22 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: nirālaṃbopaniṣatsamāptaṃ // (f. 3v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins, some in a second scribal hand; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1270

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts