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Śārīropaniṣad, circa 1700-1850. = शारीरोपनिषद्, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 17 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1071
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Subjects:
Human body -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Hindu mantras.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Form/Genre:
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is an early, post-Vedic philosophical treatise exploring the nature of the physical body and its relationship to the innermost Self; the work also contains numerous Vedic and other kinds of mantras employed in rites of praise and worship.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 2r).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: samāpteyaṃ śārīropaniṣat śubham astu (f. 2r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
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 780 (UP 1071).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1071
OCLC:
897961142