Two Śaiva upaniṣads, 1700-1850.

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Śaivism.

Shaktism.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Hindu mantras.

Hindu chants.

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Hindu mythology.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

poems

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 23 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 967

Place of Publication:

1700-1850.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for study, contemplation, and recitation and is a quasi-philosophical treatise written in poetic verse containing mantras and told through a narrative/mythological allegory. The first text focuses on the Hindu goddess Devi while the second focuses on the centrality of the Hindu god Śiva as the highest principle in the universe. Both texts are influenced by Śaiva Tantric traditions.

Contents:

Devyātharvaśiramvyākhyāsyāma (Part 1; f. 1r-3r)

Kaivalyopaniṣad (Part 2; f. 3r-5r).

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.

5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.

Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some additions and corrections written in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.

Colophon: iti kaivalyopaniṣatsamāptaḥ // bhadraṃno api vādayenanaḥ // oṃ śāṃtiḥ śāṃiḥ śāṃtiḥ // iti samāpta

Cited in:

Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 537 and 608 (UP 967).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 967

Contains:

Upanishads. Kaivalyopaniṣad

Devyupaniṣad.

Devyārthavaśiramvyākhyāsyāma.

OCLC:

891662058