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Kaivalyopaniṣad

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The manuscript is Kaivalya upaniṣad from Atharvaveda. The text expresses Shaivism in vedanta. Aśvalayana ask to brahma about realizaton of the self and non dual idendity. The Kaivalya Upanishad describes the final stage of complete realization, where one attains the ultimate knowledge that dissolves all duality, allowing the realized being to emerge as the one the absolute, beyond all distinctions. Title from colophon (f. 4b). The manuscript is written in 9–11 lines per leaf. 4 leaves are foliated 1–4, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes are blacked out or crossed out. The manuscript sr no 917 and 918 are same but the scribe is different.

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