Śvetāśvataropaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; श्वेताश्वतरोपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is a late Vedic work, a philosophical treatise that reinterprets the symbolic value of Hindu rites and rituals, but points especially to the centrality of the Vedic god Rudra, an early form of the Hindu deity Śiva, within the constructed universe. This work includes some of the earliest examples of mythology related to Śaivism.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Śaivism; Siva (Hindu deity); Rudra (Hindu deity); Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (9 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 9r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: śvetāśvataropaniṣadi ṣaṣṭo 'dhyāyaḥ // (f. 9r).; 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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts