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Paramāmṛta, circa 1700-1850. = परमामृत, १७००-१८५०.

Author/Creator:
Mukundarāja, active 13th century.
Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (59 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 17 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 566
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Subjects:
Hindu philosophy.
Indian philosophy.
Vedanta.
Tantrism.
Meditation -- Hinduism.
Form/Genre:
Treatises.
Commentaries.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Marathi and Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is a philosophical treatise and commentary on various upaniṣads, primarily in Marathi, reflecting on Vedanta doctrine and prescribing a spiritual path steeped in esoteric, meditative practices.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 57r).
Written in 6-7 lines per leaf.
59 leaves foliated 1-59, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīparamāmṛte // mukuṃdarājaviracite upadeśadṛḍhīkaraṇaṃ // sākṣātkāro nāma // caturdaśaprakarṇaḥ // 14 // saṃpūrṇaḥ // (f. 57r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse dividers in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
Illustration of vases with flowers and general floral pattern around opening of text (f. 1r) with a decorative rectangle on the final folio (f. 59v).
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 4060 (UP 566).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 566
OCLC:
855264240