Bilvopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; बिल्वोपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Harirāma Kottapalli (scribe)

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a Hindu philosophical treatise that expounds upon the nature of the Hindu god Śiva, especially through his manifestation as the bilva tree. Work includes many mantras (words of phrases of power) dedicated to Śiva. Though named a upaniṣad it forms part of a group of medieval works and was often embedded into much larger, purāṇic texts. A textual fragment, verses in praise of Śiva, are on the back of the manuscript in a second scribal hand.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Tree worship; Tree worship -- India; Śaivism; Siva (Hindu deity); Hindu mantras; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Notes:

Title from marginal notes (f. 2r).; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with single black line. Some folios are written upside down.; Scribe is Harirāma Kottapalli (f. 2r).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts