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Śvetāśvataropaniṣad, circa 1700-1850. = श्वेताश्वतरोपनिषद्, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (9 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1203
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Standardized Title:
Upanishads. Śvetāśvataropaniṣad
Subjects:
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Śaivism.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Rudra (Hindu deity).
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
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. 9r).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: śvetāśvataropaniṣadi ṣaṣṭo 'dhyāyaḥ // (f. 9r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
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 1203).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1203
OCLC:
904282081