Details

Subjects:

Sanskrit language -- Lexicography.
Sanskrit language.
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Sanskrit language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Treatises.
Glossaries.
Commentaries.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Controlled vocabularies.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for consultation and reference and is a glossary or lexicon and Hindu philosophical treatise regarding a variety of terms and concepts derived from the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy. The glossary is based on some of the upaniṣad commentaries of Sureśvara's teacher Śaṅkarācārya.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 40r).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
40 leaves foliated 1-40, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti vārttikasāre meyaparīkṣā ity upoddhātaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 40r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; several folios treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect the manuscript from insects.

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 4250 (UP 912).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 912

OCLC:

888077248