Chāndogya upaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; छान्दोग्य उपनिषद्, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is an ancient philosophical treatise, sociological study, and interpretation of more ancient rites and ceremonies from the early Vedic period. Presents a series of metaphors and philosophical problems that relate and compare the Self (ātman) to the ultimate reality in the universe.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.; 10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti chāṃdogyeṣaṣṭhaprapāṭhakaḥ // (f. 10v).; 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 in red.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1209

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts