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Nirvāṇopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
निर्वाणोपनिषद्
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1255
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Asceticism--Hinduism.
- Asceticism.
- Self (Philosophy).
- Hindu philosophy.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Genre:
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1255
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Late upaniṣad associated with saṃnyasin (ascetic) traditions and the quest for liberation of the Self.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 1r).
- Written in 10 lines per leaf.
- 1 leaf.
- Colophon: iti nirvāṇopaniṣatsamāptaṃ // (f. 1r).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
- 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 640 (UP 1255).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1255
- OCLC:
- 905005381
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