Kaivalyopaniṣad, 1700-1850; कैवल्योपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

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).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Śaivism; Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Vishnu (Hindu deity); Indra (Hindu deity); Brahma (Hindu deity); Hindu mantras; Hindu mythology; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

treatises; poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 15 x 19 cm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

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.; Colophon: iti atharvavede kaivalyopaniṣadsamāptaḥ // (f. 4v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1144

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts