Details

Subjects:

Philosophy, Indic.
Hindu philosophy.
Hindu philosophy -- Early works to 1800.
Philosophy, Indic -- Early works to 1800.
Vedanta -- Early works to 1800.
Vedanta.
Advaita -- Early works to 1800.
Advaita.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a treatise of Hindu philosophy written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dual) Vedānta) school.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 10r).
Written in 13-15 lines per leaf.
10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmacchaṃkarācāryaviracitaprabodhasudhākaraḥ samāptā (f. 10r).
Dated saṃvat 1845 (1787) (f. 10r).
Scribe is Mahādeva Ḍheṃkara (f. 10r) and the manuscript was created in the city of Varāṇasī at the Śaiva temple called Viśveśvara (f. 10r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

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 4121 (UP 821).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 821

Contributor:

Mahādeva Ḍheṃkara, scribe.

OCLC:

881829171