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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