Details

Subjects:

Īśvarakr̥ṣṇa. Sāṅkhyakārikā.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Sankhya.
Dualism (Religion) -- Hinduism.
Dualism (Religion).
Hinduism.
Yoga.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a commentary of the Sāṃkhyakārikā, a treatise on Sanskrit, Hindu, philosophy from the perspective of the Sāṃkya, one of the earliest schools of Indian philosophy. A kind of dualistic tradition (distinguishing between spirit and matter), it is intimately connected to the philosophy of yoga.

Notes:

Scribe is Viśvanātha Maisūrakara (f. 68r).
Title from colophon (f. 68r).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
68 leaves foliated 1-68, upper left and lower right verso.
Dated saṃvat 1935 (1877) (f. 68r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red.

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 3562 (UP 745).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 745

Contributor:

Maisūrakara, Viśvanātha, scribe.

OCLC:

880975786