1700–1850

Kaivalya upaniṣad

ms_coll_390item_960 · University of Pennsylvania

Sanskrit Devanāgarī Script Minor upaniṣad literature Śaiva Upaniṣad
Repository University of Pennsylvania
Reference No. ms_coll_390item_960
Language Sanskrit
Date 1700–1850

About this Manuscript

The manuscript is Kaivalya upaniṣad. 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 is taken from colophon (f. 2b). The manuscript is written in 11–12 lines per leaf. 2 leaves are foliated 1–2, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes are covered with yellow or crossed out, some additions written in margins; right vertical margin marked with double red line; metrical accents added with red ink through part of manuscript (f. 1a).

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Catalogue Metadata

Title Kaivalya upaniṣad
Repository University of Pennsylvania
Reference Number ms_coll_390item_960
Collection Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Language Sanskrit
Script Devanāgarī
Subject Classification Minor upaniṣad literature, Śaiva Upaniṣad, Śaivism school of Hindu philosophy, Hindu Legends of deities, Darśanaśāstra.
Date 1700–1850
Place of Origin United States of America
IIIF Manifest Public IIIF manifest available

Subjects & Keywords

Minor upaniṣad literature Śaiva Upaniṣad Śaivism school of Hindu philosophy Hindu Legends of deities Darśanaśāstra.