Details

Subjects:

Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Vaishnavism.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical text on the nature of Hindu orthodoxy (śruti), influenced by the perspective of the Vedanta school of philosophy, but coming more specifically from followers of Vaiṣṇavism and the devotionalism associated with that tradition.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 34r).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
32 leaves foliated 3-34, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīprabhucaraṇātmajamahārājaśrīyadunāthakulodbhavagausvāmiśrīgopālasutaśrīgirīdharaviracitaṃ śrutirahasyaṃ samāptam (f. 34r).
Dated saṃvat 1883 and śaka 1747 (1825) (f. 34r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout much of the text.

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 3897 (UP 757).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 757

OCLC:

880977220