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

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962336573503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/883136623
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6233657

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Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is a post-Vedic period upaniṣad, a philosophical treatise written in poetic verse containing mantras and told through a narrative/mythological allegory, focusing on the centrality of the Hindu god Śiva as the highest principle in the universe and identifying him with the gods Viṣṇu, Brahmā, and Indra.

Notes

• Title from incipit (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
   
• 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered with yellow or crossed out, some additions written in margins; some significant phrases highlighted in red.
   

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Subjects topical

• Śaivism
• Hindu mythology
• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Vishnu (Hindu deity)
• Indra (Hindu deity)
• Brahmā (Hindu deity)
• Hindu mantras

Genres

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

Licenses

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