MS. Sansk. c. 45
MSS. Sansk. c.
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Kaivalya Upaniṣad, with Commentary, 19th cent.?
Contents
The Kaivalya Upaniṣad, belonging to the Atharva-veda, together with the Dīpikā or commentary of Śaṅkarānanda
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Incipit: oṃ śivāya namaḥ bhadraṃ karaṇebhiḥ śṛṇuvāma devā bhadraṃ paśyemākṣabhir yyajatrāḥ sthirairaṅgas tuṣṭavāṃsas tanūbhi vyasemahi devahitaṃ yad āyuḥ ‖ 1 ‖ svasti na Indro vṛddhaśravāḥ svasti naḥ Pūṣā viśvavedāḥ svasti nas tārakṣo ariṣṭanemiḥ svasti no Vṛhaspatir ddadhātu naḥ ‖ 2 ‖ oṃ | śāṃtiḥ śāṃtiḥ śāṃtiḥ Kaivalyākhyopaniṣadaṃ kaivalyārthāvabodhinīṃ vyākhyāsye kevas tena kaivalyātmā prasīdatu ‖ 1 ‖ bhagavatī śrutiḥ | &c.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iv + 9 + xv
Dimensions (binding): 35.9 × 18.4 cm.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī.
History
Origin: 19th cent.?
according to appearance quite modern.
Provenance and Acquisition
Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 6). Memorandum on original wrapper (f. 11) ‘Benaresno. 11.’
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1002, p. 71
Availability
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Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1002, p. 71
Funding of Cataloguing
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