Maitreyopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
मैत्रेयोपनिषद्

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Śaivism.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Ātman.

Brahman.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Self (Philosophy).

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 15 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1072

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

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. 3r).

Written in 12-14 lines per leaf.

3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti maitreyopaniṣadsamāptā // bhadraṃ karṇebhiḥ // oṃ śāṃtiḥ śāṃtiḥ śāṃtiḥ // (f. 3r).

Mistakes blacked out; corrections and additions in margins.

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 748 (UP 1072).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1072

OCLC:

897961703