Kaivalya upaniṣad, circa 1700-1850. = कैवल्य उपनिषद्, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 16 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 960
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p37s7hs46 - Status/Location:
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- Standardized Title:
- Upanishads. Kaivalyopaniṣad
- Subjects:
- Śaivism.
Hindu mythology.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Vishnu (Hindu deity).
Indra (Hindu deity).
Brahma (Hindu deity).
Hindu mantras. - Form/Genre:
- Treatises.
Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is a post-Vedic upaniṣad, a philosophical treatise written in verse containing mantras and told through a narrative/mythological allegory, focusing on the centrality of the Hindu god Śiva as the highest principle in the universe and identifying him with the gods Viṣṇu, Brahmā, and Indra.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered with yellow or crossed out, some additions written in margins; right vertical margin marked with double red line; metrical accents added with red ink through part of manuscript (f. 1r).
Colophon: iti śrīkaivalya upaniṣad samāptaḥ // - 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 535 (UP 960).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 960
- OCLC:
- 891661207