Śvetāśvataropaniṣadvivaraṇa, circa 1700-1850
श्वेताश्वतरोपनिषद्विवरण, १७००-१८५०

Description
Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (vivaraṇa) on the Śvetāśvataropaniṣad, a work 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 a medieval exegesis of late Vedic mythology related to Śaivism.
Creator
Vijñānātman
Form
manuscripts (documents)
commentaries
treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Śaivism
Rudra (Hindu deity)
Śiva (Hindu deity)
Siva (Hindu deity)
Hindu philosophy
Philosophy, Indic
Rites and ceremonies -- India
Rites and ceremonies
Geographic Subject
India
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (61 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 25 cm
Notes
Author named Vijñānātmabhagavata in manuscript; disciple of Jñānottama (f. 61v).
Title from colophon (f. 61v).
Written in 13 lines per leaf.
61 leaves foliated 1-61, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmatjñānottamapūjyapādaśiṣyaśrīmadvijñānātmabhagavataḥ kṛtau śvetāśvataropaniṣadvivaraṇeṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ śrī (f. 61v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p34t6f588
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 972
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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