Garbhopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850
गर्भोपनिषद्, १७००-१८५०

Description
Manuscript used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a Hindu philosophical treatise dealing with the nature and physiology of the human body, its origin, and the nature of selfhood.
Form
manuscripts (documents)
treatises
watermarks
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Self (Philosophy)
Human body -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
Self (Philosophy) -- India
Hindu philosophy
Philosophy, Indic
Rites and ceremonies -- India
Rites and ceremonies
Geographic Subject
India
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 15 cm
Notes
Title from colophon (f. 4v).
Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, lower right verso.
Colophon: iti garbhopaniṣat // śrīrāmajayarāma (f. 4v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.
Machine-made paper with a partial watermark showing a series of circles within which are different designs, one of which looks like a flower.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p30v89h8z
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 965
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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