Taittirīyopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; तैत्तिरीयोपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a late Vedic philosophical treatise that expounds upon the nature of existence and the importance and significance of Vedic mantras, their recitation, and how they lead one to the realization of higher truths, especially to the ultimate, highest status of Being in the universe (brahman). Work includes many mantras (words of phrases of power) dedicated to Viṣṇu such as Oṃ Hari.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Self (Philosophy); Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic; Hindu mantras; Brahman; Vishnu (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper; 11 x 26 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 11v).; Colophon: iti śrīmattaittarīyopaniṣadiśIkṣābraṃhmavallībhṛguvallītitrīṇipannānisaṃpūrṇāni // śrī // śrīgurubhyonamā //; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 4-11, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line; metrical accents added in red throughout.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts