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Ātmaṣaṭka, circa 1700-1850.
आत्मषट्क

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1234
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Language:
Sanskrit
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Physical Description:
1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 27 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1234
Place of Publication:
  • circa 1700-1850.
  • १७००-१८५०.
Language Note:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a late Vedic philosophical treatise appended to the Ṛgveda; as a Upaniṣad, it contains speculations about the nature of being, the self, birth, and breath; also early myths. Contains a list of 16 verses after the end of the text written in portrait rather than landscape orientation (f. 3v).
Notes:
  • Title from title page (f. 1r).
  • Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
  • 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
  • Mistakes covered over in yellow or 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 481 (UP 1234).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1234
OCLC:
904706171

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