Details

Subjects:

Śaṅkarācārya. Laghuvākyavr̥tti.
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary on a short summary of the tenets of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy by Śaṅkarācārya called the Laghuvākyavr̥tti. Like the Laghuvākyavr̥tti itself, this commentary is written from the perspective of the Advaita Vedānta school of philosophy.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 116r).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
118 leaves foliated 1-15, 15-67, 67-116, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparijñājakācāryapadavākyapramāṇapārāvārapārītā śrīmadrāghavānaṃdasarasvatīpūjyapādaśiṣyaiḥ śrīmadrāmabhadrasarasvatīpūjayapādy anugṛhītaśrīmadrāmānaṃdasarasvatīśrīcaraṇair viracitāśrībhagavatpādīyalaghuvākyavṛttiprakāśikāsaṃpūrṇā // śrubhaṃ bhavatu // (f. 116r).
Dated śaka 1782 (1860) (f. 116r), written in a second hand.
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 4132 (UP 1017).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1017

OCLC:

894996881