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

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962528963503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/888036132
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6252896

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Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study and recitation, and is a Hindu or post-Vedic philosophical treatise discussing the nature of the deity Śiva and his status in relationship to the Self (ātman) and the ultimate reality (the brahman), and different rites and practices associated with this realization, especially the rudrakṣa, a kind of prayer bead associated with Śiva.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 2r).
   
• Written in 9 lines per leaf.
   
• 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect manuscript from insects.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Śaivism
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Ātman
• Brahman
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Self (Philosophy)
• 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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