Garbhopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
गर्भोपनिषद्

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Garbhopaniṣad

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Human body--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Human body.

Self (Philosophy).

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1256

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a Hindu philosophical treatise, the Womb upaniṣad, dealing with the nature and physiology of the human body, its origin, and the nature of selfhood.

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in margins, upper left verso.

Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.

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

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red.

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 560 (UP 1256).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1256

OCLC:

905008642