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Sāṃkhyaśāstra bhāṣya, circa 1700-1850. = सांख्यशास्त्र भाष्य, १७००-१८५०.

Author/Creator:
Kapila, attributed name.
Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (56 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 18 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1919
Status/Location:
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Subjects:
Hindu philosophy.
Sankhya.
Vedanta.
Form/Genre:
Commentaries.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Biography/History:
Traditionally credited as the founder of the Sāṃkhya school of Indian philosophy, which dates to the early centuries A.D.
Summary:
Manuscript is used for consultation or study and contains a commentary on a standard treatise of Sāṃkhya philosophy by the attributed founder of the school, Kapila, as well as a subcommentary by the well-known Vedānta philosopher, Gauḍapāda.
Notes:
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
56 leaves foliated 1-56, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīkapilākṛtāryābhāṣyaśrīgauḍapādācāryakṛtaṃ // samāptaṃ // śrīrastu // (f. 55r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow and white or blacked out; numerous corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
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 3567 (UP 1919).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1919
OCLC:
821067430