Rudrabhāṣya, circa 1700-1850; रुद्रभाष्य, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, prayer, and recitation and is a commentary on an ancient Vedic work, the Śatarudriya, dedicated to the hundred forms of the Vedic god Rudra, a antecedent to the Hindu deity Śiva, and considered to be part of the Yajurveda. The commentary, influenced by the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy, contains an exploration of ideas, rites, ceremonies, and mythology related to the Hindu deity Śiva. Work also contains some of the root text, the Śatarudriya, running parallel between lines of commentary.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Śaivism; Rudra (Hindu deity); Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Advaita; Vedanta; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic; Hindu mythology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (58 leaves) : paper; 17 x 36 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations throughout; alternate title Śivarahasya, from opening folio (f. 1v).; Written in 12-20 lines per leaf.; 58 leaves foliated 1-58, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1150

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts