Details

Standardized Title:

Pañcadaśī. Selections

Subjects:

Art and philosophy.
India.
Art and philosophy -- India.
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Commentaries.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on Hindu philosophy whose title is translated as Light on painting; compares the creation of the universe with that of a painting, written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy; work contains part of an extensive commentary called the Tātparyabodhinī by Rāmakṛṣṇa running parallel, above and below, the main root text.

Notes:

Title from final page (f. 23v); commentary title Tātparyabodhinī supplied by cataloger; alternate commentary title Pañcadaśīprakāśikā supplied by cataloger.
Written in 13-16 lines per leaf.
23 leaves foliated 1-23, upper left verso.
Colophon: iti citradīpākhyaprakaraṇaṃsamāptaṃ (f. 23v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript along with Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1030, Item 1031, and Item 1032.

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 3991 (UP 1033).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1033

Contains:

Rāmakr̥ṣṇa. Tātparyabodhinī.
Rāmakr̥ṣṇa. Pañcadaśīprakāśikā.

OCLC:

897827168