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Nirālambopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850

Also known as निरालम्बोपनिषद्, १७००-१८५०

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  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: Sanskrit
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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Description

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Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a work dedicated to philosophical inquiries, a set of questions with answers, to help better understand the nature of the universe and various aspects of its composition both physical and sociological (the nature of its constituent parts, the nature of demons, students, teachers, and more).

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession.

  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Demonology”. Retained metadata contains “demons” in the description and “Demonology” in the subject metadata.

    • “Demonology”· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • “demons”· in description
    • “Demonology”· in subject

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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Editions

2 editions cataloged here.

University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 22 cm; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: nirālaṃbopaniṣatsamāptaṃ // (f. 3v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī); Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins, some in a second scribal hand; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Title from colophon (f. 3v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.

1700—Sanskrit—Public download

University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 17 cm; 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti nirālaṃbopaniṣadsamāptā // (f. 4v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī); Mistakes blacked out.; Title from colophon (f. 4v).; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.

1700—Sanskrit—Public download

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Identifiers

Colenda
  • ark:/81431/p3m08m
  • ark:/81431/p3x34ms34

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Cataloging notes

  • Colenda collection: Collection of Indic Manuscripts
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9962103613503681
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9963754463503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1270
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 727
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
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colenda:81431-p3m08m
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