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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9963181893503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/897959163
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/9963181893503681

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Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is an early, post-Vedic philosophical work presented as a dialogue between the ancient Hindu mythic figures Yājñavalkya and Janaka, who discuss a range of topics including the nature of Kurukṣetra (well known as a battle field and a place of sacrifice), rites and ceremonies, and others.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 6r); alternate title Jyābālopaniṣad from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 8 lines per leaf.
   
• 6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Sacrifice--Hinduism
• Hindu mythology
• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic

Genres

• Dialogues
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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