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Amṛtabiṇḍūpaniṣad, circa 1700-1850. = अमृतबिण्डूपनिषद्, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 33 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 928
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Subjects:
Yoga.
Salvation -- Hinduism.
Knowledge, Theory of (Hinduism).
Siva (Hindu deity).
Self (Philosophy).
Hindu mantras.
Sound -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Form/Genre:
Treatises.
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript used for study and consultation and inquires into theories of knowledge about the self (ātman), its place in the cycle of life and death (saṃsāra), and its place in relationship to the Hindu deity Śiva, envisioned as the highest Lord of the universe. Contains discussion of mantras and sound. Text is often named as one of the so-called Yoga upaniṣads, which were likely composed in the fourteenth century or later.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 4r).
Written in 21-23 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ity amṛtabiṃdūpaniṣatsamāptam // śrīsāṃbasadāśivārpaṇam astu // (f. 4r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Non-Latin script record.
Cited in:
Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 456 (UP 928).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 928
OCLC:
816101013