Three early upaniṣads, circa 1700-1850

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a collection of three early upaniṣads; these are late Vedic, philosophical treatises employed to help reinforce and instill ideas and concepts about the makeup of the universe. Such ideas and teachings typically went beyond tradition Vedic training that focused on the performance of and/or strict adherence to rituals alone; however, the texts themselves comment on and/or espouse different kinds of ritual practices themselves. Table of contents appears at the beginning of manuscript (f. 1r).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Self (Philosophy); Hindu mantras; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Tables of contents; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (17 leaves) : paper; 10 x 16 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Table of contents: Kenopaniṣad (f. 1v-4r) -- Kaṭhavallyopaniṣad (f. 4v-12r) -- Praśnopaniṣad (f. 12r-17v).; Title supplied by cataloger.; Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.; 17 leaves foliated 1-17, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti ṣaṣṭhaḥ praśnaḥ // paśnopaniṣatsamāptaṃ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu // (f. 1r).; 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 at the beginning of the manuscript (f. 1v-2v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 957

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts