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Vivaraṇatattvadīpaṇa. Varṇaka 1, circa 1700-1850. = विवरणतत्त्वदीपण. वर्णक १, १७००-१८५०.

Author/Creator:
Akhaṇḍānanda, Muni
Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (185 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 28 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1018
Status/Location:
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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 and super-commentary written from the perspective of, and reflecting on the doctrine of, the Vivaraṇa branch of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy, which seeks to explain the root cause of ignorance (avidyā).
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 185r).
Written in 13 lines per leaf.
185 leaves foliated 1-185, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryākhaṃḍānubhūtiśiṣyeṇākhaṃḍānadamunināviracite vivaraṇatatvadīpane prathamavarṇakaṃ samāptam // (f. 185r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins, some of it in a second scribal hand; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Manuscript was part of a larger work that included Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1019, Item 1020, Item 1021, Item 1022, Item 1023, Item 1024, and Item 1025.
Penn Provenance:
Formerly owned by H.H. Maharaja Aditya Bahadur Dinha, L.C.S.I, who lived in Ramnagar (a district of the well known Hindu pilgrimage center of Varāṇasī) (from particle board supporting Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1021, at the time of sale).
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 3959 (UP 1018).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1018
Contributor:
Aditya Bahadur Dinha, Mahārāja, former owner.
OCLC:
895034542