Nādabindūpaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
नादबिन्दूपनिषद्

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Yoga.

Hindu mantras.

Sound--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Sound.

Self (Philosophy).

Ātman.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 24 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 862

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is likely part of a group of five upaniṣads known as the Bindu upaniṣads, which form part of a medieval set of 108 Yoga upaniṣads, in as much as both are influenced by Saṃkhya-yoga philosophy. Manuscript contains mantras (words or phrases of power) intended to convey knowledge of the Vedas through recitation and sound (nāda).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).

Written in 11 lines per leaf.

2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti nādabiṃdūpaniṣatsamāptaṃ // (f. 2v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse dividers in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.

Sanskrit verses written on particle board supporting manuscript from around the time of purchase.

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 611 (UP 862).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 862

OCLC:

884916960