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Title

Śivagītā
शिवगीता

Other related names

• Keladīvyaṃ Kaṭādrināyaka, commentator for written text

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 772
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9956532643503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/785134601
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5653264

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Text is modeled after the Hindu epic text, the Bhagavadgītā, but is focused on the veneration of the deity Śiva instead of Kṛṣṇa and is set in an episode of the Rāmāyaṇa. Agastya instructs Rāma to perform the Pāśupata-vrata (vow) so that he may have a vision of Śiva. Śiva teaches Rāma about attaining self-realization and the different methods (yogas) to achieve it. Text from the last section (uttarakāṇḍa) of the Padmapurāṇa; commentary written by Keladīvyaṃ Kaṭādrināyaka (f. 117).

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 117v) and marginal notes (f. 1r); alternate title Śivagītāsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidya from colophon (f. 117).
   
• Written in 10-15 lines per leaf.
   
• 117 leaves foliated 1-117, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Colophon (Commentary): iti śrīmadviśuddhādvaitasiddhāṃtapratiṣṭhāpanaikadhuraṃdharaśrīkeladīvyaṃ kaṭādrināyakavirattitāyāṃ śivagītāvyākhyāyāṃ ṣoḍaśodhyāyaḥ // yasyodyattkīrtipūrastribhuvanavivaraṃ pūrayitvā praśastāt // lokānullaṃ dhyābhitvāmurahararacitaṃ brahmaṇoṃḍaṃsamaṃtāt // (f. 117v).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (117 leaves) : 14 x 26 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīpadmapurāṇe śivagītāsūpaniṣatsubrahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre śivarāghavasaṃvāde mokṣayogonāmaṣoḍaśodhyāyaḥ // 16 // śrīrāmojayati (f. 117v).

Subjects topical

• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Rāma (Hindu deity)
• Hindu mythology
• Dharma

Genres

• Prayers
• Hymns
• Commentaries
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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