Śāntyupaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; शान्त्युपनिषद्, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is a Hindu quasi-philosophical treatise that praises the Vedas and Vedic gods and connects them with philosophical ideas about the oneness and unity of things with the ultimate principle in the universe, the brahman. Manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Brahman; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu mantras; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); treatises; prayers (compositions); Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 21 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in margins.; Written in 10 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 6-7, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: ity upaniṣat śāṃtidaḥ syāt // (f. 7v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1220

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts