Mṛtyulāṅgalopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; मृत्युलाङ्गलोपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a kind of philosophical treatment and interpretation of time and death that employs Vedic mantras used in rites and ceremonies. The work itself is thought to be one of the more than 50 works associated with the Atharvaveda.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Death; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic; Hindu mantras; Death -- India; Time -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2r).; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti mṛtyulāṃgalopaniṣadaṃ sampūrṇaśubham // (f. 2r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted 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