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Yājñīyopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
याज्ञ्नीयोपनिषद्

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1250
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Language:
Sanskrit
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Physical Description:
1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1250
Place of Publication:
  • circa 1700-1850.
  • १७००-१८५०.
Language Note:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is a late Vedic work, a philosophical treatise as well as a poetic work employing Hindu mantras that explore the meaning and nature of the highest disembodied Lord, referred to as Īśvara.
Notes:
  • Title from colophon (f. 1v).
  • Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
  • 1 leaf.
  • Colophon: iti yājñīyopaniṣat samāptaṃ (f. 1v).
  • 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 749 (UP 1250).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1250
OCLC:
905000277

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