Śāṇḍilyopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; शाण्डिल्योपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a post-Vedic Hindu philosophical treatise that has been influenced by both saṃkhyā and Vedānta schools of philosophy, synthesizing traditions associated with yoga and other contemplative practices in formulating a connection between an understanding of ultimate reality and the individual self (ātman). Manuscript is part of a larger group of late upaniṣads known as the Yoga-upaniṣads.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Yoga; Ātman; Self (Philosophy); Sankhya; Vedanta; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper; 11 x 28 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and a few additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts