Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad, 1579
कौषीतकिब्राह्मणोपनिषद्, १५७९
- Description
- Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a kind of post-Vedic philosophical treatise exploring themes about ritual and sacrifice, and exploring their metaphysical and cultural dimensions and meaning. Presents a narrative about the figure Kauṣītaki and the various rituals he performed, such as the Agnihotra.
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit
- Date
- 1579
- Language
- Sanskrit
- Subject
- Philosophy, Indic
- Hindu philosophy
- Hindu mythology
- Rites and ceremonies
- Agnihotra (Hindu rite)
- Agnihotra (Hindu rite) -- Early works to 1800
- Rites and ceremonies -- India -- Early works to 1800
- Hindu mythology -- Early works to 1800
- Hindu philosophy -- Early works to 1800
- Philosophy, Indic -- Early works to 1800
- Geographic Subject
- India
- Collection
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 item (13 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 31 cm
- Notes
- Title derived from marginal abbreviations.
- Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
- 13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: āraṇyake navamo 'dhyāyaḥ // saṃvat 1636 // āśvinasudi dvitūyāyāṃ kuje likhitau kheti // rāma // (f. 13r).
- Dated saṃvat 1636 (1579) (f. 13r).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double black lines.
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 918
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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