Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1144: Kaivalyopaniṣad University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1144: Kaivalyopaniṣad are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2018 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from colophon (f. 4v). Written in 9-11 lines per leaf. 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes blacked out or crossed out. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1144 9963243813503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/898565064 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6324381 Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is a post-Vedic upaniṣad, a philosophical treatise written in 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. The manuscript identifies itself as deriving from the Atharvaveda (f. 4v). In Sanskrit Kaivalyopaniṣad कैवल्योपनिषद् Colophon: iti atharvavede kaivalyopaniṣadsamāptaḥ // (f. 4v).

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 1 item (4 leaves) : 15 x 19 cm Śaivism Siva (Hindu deity) Vishnu (Hindu deity) Indra (Hindu deity) Brahmā (Hindu deity) Hindu mantras Hindu mythology Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Poems Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century