Details

Subjects:

Śaṅkarācārya. Māṇḍūkyopaniṣadbhāṣya.
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 Ānandajñāna in the manuscript (f. 82v).

Summary:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 82v).
Written in 13-15 lines per leaf.
83 leaves foliated 1-82, [i], upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakāvāryaśrīśuddhānaṃdapūjyapādaśiṣyasya bhagavadānaṃdajñānakṛtāyāṃ guaḍapādīyabhāṣyaṭīkāyāṃ caturthaprakaraṇaṃ samāptaṃ // śrīrāmacaṃdrārpaṇam astu // 7 // śrīnārāyaṇārpaṇam astu // śrīrāma // jayarāmajayajayarāma // janārdanakoṃḍadevagāḍagīlayāṃce pustaka // śrīrāmacaṃdrāya namaḥ // (f. 82v).
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 (f. 82v), and 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 727 (UP 935).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 935

Contributor:

Gāḍagīla, Janārdana Koṇḍadeva, former owner.

OCLC:

895783037