Amṛtabiṇḍūpaniṣad, circa 1700-1850
अमृतबिण्डूपनिषद्, १७००-१८५०

Description
Manuscript used for study and consultation and inquires into theories of knowledge about the self (ātman), its place in the cycle of life and death (saṃsāra), and its place in relationship to the Hindu deity Śiva, envisioned as the highest Lord of the universe. Contains discussion of mantras and sound. Text is often named as one of the so-called Yoga upaniṣads, which were likely composed in the fourteenth century or later.
Form
manuscripts (documents)
treatises
prayers (compositions)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Yoga
Salvation -- Hinduism
Knowledge, Theory of (Hinduism)
Śiva (Hindu deity)
Siva (Hindu deity)
Self (Philosophy)
Hindu mantras
Sound -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 33 cm
Notes
Title from colophon (f. 4r).
Written in 21-23 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ity amṛtabiṃdūpaniṣatsamāptam // śrīsāṃbasadāśivārpaṇam astu // (f. 4r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Non-Latin script record.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3k06x37f
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 928
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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