Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962758763503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/891661606
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6275876

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Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study and recitation, and is a Hindu or Late Vedic philosophical treatise presented in the form of a story and as a dialogue between a father Vājraśrava, and his son Niciketas; the work addresses early concepts of the Self (ātman), as well as addressing and offering interpretation of early social and ritual action.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 14v).
   
• Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.
   
• 14 leaves foliated 1-14, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered in yellow or black, some additions and corrections written in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Ātman
• Self (Philosophy)
• Hindu philosophy
• Hindu mythology
• Philosophy, Indic
• Rites and ceremonies--India

Genres

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

Licenses

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