Kaivalyopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; कैवल्योपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is a post-Vedic period upaniṣad, a philosophical treatise written in poetic 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.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 12 x 26 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r).; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered with yellow or crossed out, some additions written in margins; some significant phrases highlighted in red.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts