Garuḍopaniṣad, 1864
गरुडोपनिषद्, १८६४

Description
Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is dedicated to the Hindu bird-deity Garuḍa, who also serves as a vehicle for the deity Viṣṇu. The work promotes Vedanta philosophy from a Vaiṣṇava perspective and is likely a late upaniṣad dating to the medieval period.
Form
manuscripts (documents)
treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1864
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Hindu philosophy
Philosophy, Indic
Garuḍa (Mythical bird)
Vaishnavism
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (1 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 17 cm
Notes
Title from colophon (f. 1v).
Written in 15 lines per leaf.
1 leaf.
Colophon: iti garuḍopaniṣatsampurṇam śubham // samvat 1922 phālgunaśudiṭaroja 5 śubham // (f. 1v).
Dated saṃvat 1922 (1864) (f. 1v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Sold and wrapped together along with Item 725.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p32804z50
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 724
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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