Details

Subjects:

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 as well as a commentary (ṭīkā) on it by Nārāyaṇāśrama. The works are both related to the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy.

Contents:

(Part 1) Bhedadhikkāra (f. 1-11)
(Part 2) Bhedadhikkārasatkriyā (f. 1-44).

Notes:

Title from colophon (Part 1, f. 11r); title of second work Bhedadhikkārasatkriyā from colophon (Part 2, f. 44r); alternate title of second work Bhedadhikkāraṭīkā from final title page (Part 2, f. 44v).
Written in 13 lines per leaf.
55 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1-11; (Part 2) 1-44, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryabhagavannṛsiṃhāśramaśrīcaraṇaparicaraṇaniratanārāyaṇāśramaviracitabhedadhikkārasatkriyāsamāptā // śrīgurubhyo namaḥ // śrīharaye namaḥ // (Part 2, f. 44r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Janārdan Koṇḍadeva (f. 30r). This owner is from the village of Gāḍagī (or Gāḍgīlāya), possibly in present day Jarakhand, India (Part 2, f. 44r); the item is written by the same scribe as Item 845, Item 930, Item 931, Item 932, Item 934, Item 1001, Item 1002, 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 3922 (UP 1003).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1003

Contributor:

Gāḍagīla, Janārdana Koṇḍadeva, former owner.

Contains:

Nārāyaṇāśrama. Bhedadhikkārasatkriyā.
Bhedadhikkāraṭīkā.

OCLC:

895003307