Muṇḍakopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850
मुण्डकोपनिषद्, १७००-१८५०
- Description
- Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation; a late Vedic work comprised of verse and mantras (words and phrases of power) to be used in meditation and ritual, for unlocking the secrets of higher knowledge, especially knowledge of the Self (ātman), expounded on by early Hindu philosophers.
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- poems
- prayers (compositions)
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit
- Date
- 1700
- Language
- Sanskrit
- Subject
- Hindu mantras
- Rites and ceremonies -- India
- Rites and ceremonies
- Self (Philosophy)
- Ātman
- Hindu philosophy
- Philosophy, Indic
- Geographic Subject
- India
- Collection
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 item (8 leaves) : paper ; 14 x 26 cm
- Notes
- Title from title page (f. 1r).
- Written in 9 lines per leaf.
- 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti suṃḍa[ko]paniṣatsamāptaṃ // (f. 8v).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line. Manuscript was written by the same scribe and on the same kind of paper as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 846.
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3b262
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 843
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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