Details

Standardized Title:

Māṇḍūkyopaniṣadbhāṣya

Subjects:

Gauḍapāda Ācārya. Gauḍapādakārikā.
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Author referred to as Śaṅkarabhagavata in the manuscript (f. 39v).

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (vivaraṇa) on Gauḍapādācārya's Āgamaśāstra, also known by the title Gauḍapādakārikā, one of the foundational works of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 39v).
Written in 14-15 lines per leaf.
40 leaves foliated 1-40, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakāvāryaśrīgoviṃdabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya śrīmacchaṃkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau āgamaśāstravivaraṇe alātaśāṃtyākhyaṃ caturthaṃ prakaraṇaṃ samāptaṃ // śrīrāmajayarāma rām / janārdanakoṃḍadevānām idaṃ pustakaṃ // śrīnṛhariprasanna // (f. 39v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Janārdana Koṇḍadeva (f. 39v). This owner is from the village of Gāḍagī (or Gāḍgīlāya) possibly in present day Jarakhand, India as determined from Ms. Coll. 390, Item 845 (f. 32r); the item is written by the same scribe as Item 845, Item 931, Item 932, Item 934, and Item 2387.

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 722 (UP 934).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 934

Contributor:

Gāḍagīla, Janārdana Koṇḍadeva, former owner.

OCLC:

889875223