Details

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Śvetāśvataropaniṣad. Selections.

Subjects:

Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Rudra (Hindu deity).
Śaivism.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu mythology.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, representing the sixth and final section of the larger upaniṣad dating to around the 3rd century BC. It is one of the earliest works treating a systematic philosophy related to the Vedic deity Rudra, an early form of the Hindu deity Śiva, equating him with the principle of Iśvara or Lord for the first time. Also contains early formations of myths, social, and ritual structures related to early Śaivism.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 19r).
Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
19 leaves foliated 1-19, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīśvetāśvataropaniṣadiṣaṣṭhodhyāyaḥ (f. 19r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; colophon highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double red line.

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 784 (UP 723).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 723

OCLC:

880423869