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

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962758923503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/891662500
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6275892

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Summary

Manuscript is used for recitation and prayer and is a collection of Hindu mantras, especially śānti (peace); some mantras are drawn from the Upaniṣads, while others are drawn from traditional invocations to the philosophical masters associated with Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta, especially Śaṅkarācārya.

Notes

• Title supplied by cataloger; alternate title Śāntyupaniṣad, supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.
   
• 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   

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Subjects topical

• Hindu mantras
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Hindu hymns, Sanskrit
• Hindu chants
• Vedanta
• Advaita
• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic

Genres

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

Licenses

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