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Or 3568

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032-004567172
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Or 3568
Title:
Fragment of Yogayājñavalkya`
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
British Museum
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
foll. 55 (originally 57, folios 16 and 27 missing)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Sanskrit
Scripts:
Devanagari
Start Date:
0800
End Date:
1099
Date Range:
0800-1099
Era:
CE
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Or 3568

Fragment of Yogayājñavalkya`

Contents

A treatise on devotion, the use of mystic syllables, the suppression of the breath and other Yoga practices.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Title: Fragment of Yogayājñavalkya
Incipit: namo yogeśvarāya | mithilasthaṃ mahātmānaṃ sarvayogeśvareśvaraḥ | bhagavānyājñavalkyastu munisaṅghaismamāvṛtam |
ff. 1v-1v

Physical Description

Form: poṭhi
Material: palm leaf
Support:
Extent: foll. 55 (originally 57, folios 16 and 27 missing)
Dimensions (leaf): 4 × 29 cm.
Dimensions (written): 2.8 × 25.8 cm.
Foliation:

1-55

Condition

Good

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 5

Hand(s)

Written in the transitional form of hand between Gupta and Nagari used in Nepal.

History

Origin: 0800-1099

Provenance and Acquisition

British Museum Library

1888

Dr. Gimlette

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