Brahmopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850
ब्रह्मोपनिषद्, १७००-१८५०

Description
Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation; and is a Hindu philosophical treatise, but employing Vedic mantras, with the purpose of bringing knowledge about the brahman or underlying source of reality.
Form
manuscripts (documents)
treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Reality
Hinduism
Brahman
Reality -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
Hindu mantras
Hindu philosophy
Philosophy, Indic
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 25 cm
Notes
Title from end title page (f. 2v).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti brahmopaniṣatsamāptā // (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; vertical margins marked with double red line. Red border using double red line and the Oṃ mantra as a repetitive design in red within the lines on end title page (f. 2v).
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 863
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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