Details

Standardized Title:

Brahmasūtra

Subjects:

Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Vedanta.
Brahman.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Name of the author is given as Vyāsadeva (f. 1r), but is more likely that of Bādarāyaṇa.

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on Indian philosophy from the Vedānta school. It is a foundational work for this branch of Hindu philosophy from the early medieval period and was highly influential on later medieval thinkers and beyond. Particular concern is given to the nature of the highest reality or absolute, the brahman.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
15 leaves foliated 1-15, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes 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 3925 (UP 828).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 828

OCLC:

881829846