Brahmopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; ब्रह्मोपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a Hindu philosophical treatise in the style of the late Vedic upaniṣads, but written in the medieval period. Part of what is known as the Yoga upaniṣads and influenced by the Saṃkhyā and Vedānta, as well as Śakta, philosophical traditions. Work expounds on the universal notion of the brahman and its relationship to the self (ātman).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper; 12 x 21 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from marginal abbreviations.; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti ity upaniṣat // 9 // sahanāvavatu - oṃ śāt[ṃ]iḥ śāṃti śāṃtiḥ (f. 8v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents added in red throughout; vertical margins marked with triple red line; border on front cover in double and triple red lines.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 954

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts