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Śvetāśvataropaniṣad, 1716. = श्वेताश्वतरोपनिषद्, १७१६.

Publication:
1716.
१७१६.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (14 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1101
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Standardized Title:
Upanishads. Śvetāśvataropaniṣad
Subjects:
Rites and ceremonies.
Philosophy, Indic.
Hindu philosophy.
Śaivism.
India.
Śaivism -- Early works to 1800.
Rudra (Hindu deity) -- Early works to 1800.
Rudra (Hindu deity).
Siva (Hindu deity) -- Early works to 1800.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Hindu philosophy -- Early works to 1800.
Philosophy, Indic -- Early works to 1800.
Rites and ceremonies -- India -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is a late Vedic work, a philosophical treatise that reinterprets the symbolic value of Hindu rites and rituals, but points especially to the centrality of the Vedic god Rudra, an early form of the Hindu deity Śiva, within the constructed universe. This work includes some of the earliest examples of mythology related to Śaivism.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 14r).
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
14 leaves foliated 1-14, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered in yellow or crossed out; some additions and corrections in margins; significant symbols, words, and phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with a double red line.
Scribe is Ācāryapremjī (f. 14r).
Colophon: iti śvetāśvataropaniṣadiṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ // saṃvat 1773 varṣe kārttikamāse kṛṣṇapakṣe hy āmāvāsyāyāṃ śanau likhitaṃ ācāryapremjī // śrīrastu // kalpāṇam astu // (f. 14r).
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 787 (UP 1101).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1101
Contributor:
Ācāryapremjī, scribe.
OCLC:
898036736