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DescriptionAitareya Upanishad, Sanskrit, Rigveda, Devanagari script, 1865 CE manuscript.jpg |
English: The early Upanishads (Upanisad, Upanisat) are scriptures of Hinduism. Variously dated by, scholars——to have been composed between 900 BCE——to about 200 BCE, these texts are in Sanskrit language. And embedded within a layer of the——Vedas. They contain a mixture of philosophy and "mystical speculations," many set in the "form of dialogues." Or pedagogic style. Their central teachings include the concepts of Atman (soul, self) and Brahman (metaphysical reality).
The above image is from a Aitareya Upanishad manuscript. It is the one of the oldest known Upanishads, dated to between 6th/5th-century BCE (pre-Buddhist era). The text teaches that the world and man is the creation of the Atman (Soul, Universal Self); second, the theory that the Atman undergoes three-fold birth; third, that Consciousness is the essence of Atman. These manuscripts are preserved at the Lalchand Research Library, Ancient Indian Manuscript Collection, DAV College Digital Library Initiative, Chandigarh India, in association with SP Lohia and Indorama Charitable Trust. The texts are over 2000 years old, the re-copying into this particular manuscript is dated to an 1865 CE (1922 V.S. or Vikram Samvat) reproduction. The manuscript shows decay and damage on the sides and its edges. Language: Sanskrit Script: Devanagari Script style: pre-14th century (Northern / Western) The photo above is of a 2D artwork of a text that is over 2,500 years old, from a manuscript that was produced decades before 1923. Therefore Wikimedia Commons PD-Art licensing guidelines apply. Any rights I have as a photographer is herewith donated to wikimedia commons under CC 4.0 license. |
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