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Gītāṭīkā, circa 1700-1850. = गीताटीका, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (42 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 25 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2264
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Subjects:
Krishna (Hindu deity).
Arjuna (Hindu mythological character).
Senses and sensation -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Form/Genre:
Commentaries.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Commentary (ṭīkā) highlighting a portion of the Bhagavadgītā, beginning with chapter 2 verse 14 and ending with chapter 15 verse 19. Manuscript opens with a blessing to the gurus. Interprets the conversation between the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa and prince Arjuna as told through the Bhagavadgītā and deals with, among other things, the nature of the senses and mental detachment from them. The source text (i.e., the Bhagavadgītā) is not given in full. Manuscript lacks a colophon though appears to be complete, having both title pages at the beginning and end.
Notes:
Incipit: mātrāsparśās tu kauṃtaya // mātrāsparśā iti // (f. 1v).
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 7-10 lines per leaf.
42 leaves foliated [1], 2-42, lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Non-Latin script record.
Cited in:
Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 1615 (UP 2264).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2264
OCLC:
811249433