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

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962336083503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/883132420
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6233608

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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 title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 11-14 lines per leaf.
   
• 6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Few mistakes, crossed out.
   

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Subjects topical

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

Genres

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

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