Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962103233503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/880423791
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6210323

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Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, representing the sixth and final section of the larger upaniṣad dating to around the 3rd century BC. It is one of the earliest works treating a systematic philosophy related to the Vedic deity Rudra, an early form of the Hindu deity Śiva, equating him with the principle of Iśvara or Lord for the first time. Also contains early formations of myths, social, and ritual structures related to early Śaivism.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 19r).
   
• Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
   
• 19 leaves foliated 1-19, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; colophon highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Rudra (Hindu deity)
• Śaivism
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu mythology

Genres

• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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