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

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962430423503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/884919454
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6243042

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Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a Hindu philosophical treatise that expounds upon the nature of the Hindu god Śiva, especially through his manifestation as the bilva tree. Work includes many mantras (words of phrases of power) dedicated to Śiva. Though named a upaniṣad it forms part of a group of medieval works and was often embedded into much larger, purāṇic texts.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 2r).
   
• Written in 13 lines per leaf.
   
• 2 leaves foliated 1-2, lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Tree worship--India
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Śaivism
• Hindu mantras
• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic

Genres

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

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