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Garbhopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
गर्भोपनिषद्
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1258
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Standardized Title:
- Upanishads. Garbhopaniṣad
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Human body--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
- Self (Philosophy).
- Rites and ceremonies--India.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- India.
- Hindu philosophy.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Genre:
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1258
- 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 colophon (f. 2v).
- 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.
- Colophon: oṃ śāṃtiḥ 2 // iti garbhopaniṣat //
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1258
- OCLC:
- 905010617
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