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Pañcīkaraṇavārttika, circa 1700-1850. = पञ्चीकरणवार्त्तिक, १७००-१८५०.

Author/Creator:
Sureśvarācārya.
Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (9 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 23 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 885
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Subjects:
Śaṅkarācārya. Pañcīkaraṇa.
Hindu cosmology.
Hindu mantras.
Om.
Evolution -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Self (Philosophy).
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Form/Genre:
Treatises.
Commentaries.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise written from the perspective of the Advaita Vedānta school of philosophy. The work is a super-commentary (vārttika) on the Pañcīkaraṇa by Śaṅkarācārya. Work describes the stages of cosmic evolution, the role of the mantra Oṃ, as well as the place of the Self and its realization within that process of evolution.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 8v).
Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
9 leaves foliated [i], 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryapūjyapādaśiṣyaśrīsuraścarācāryaviracitapaṃcīkaraṇavārtikaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 8v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double purple line.
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 4186 (UP 885).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 885
OCLC:
884885167