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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
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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