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

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 969 Maitreyopaniṣad / मैत्रेयोपनिषद्

Title

Maitreyopaniṣad
मैत्रेयोपनिषद्

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 969
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

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Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

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

Extent

1 item (4 leaves) : 13 x 25 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti maitreyyupaniṣa[dādi] samāptā // śrīśaṃkarārpaṇam astu // (f. 2r).

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fol. 1r
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fol. 1v-2r
6153_0001.tif (101.6 MB)
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6153_0001_web.jpg (536.7 KB)

fol. 2v-3r
6153_0002.tif (101.6 MB)
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fol. 3v-4r
6153_0003.tif (102.8 MB)
6153_0003_thumb.jpg (9.2 KB)
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fol. 4v
6153_0004.tif (53.1 MB)
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