Details

Subjects:

Śaṅkarācārya. Aitareyabhāṣya.
Brahmanas. Aitareyabrāhmaṇa.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Disciple of Jñanendra Sarasvati, may be assigned to the 17th century, himself a pupil of Kaivalyendrasaro (f. 105r).

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and super-commentary (ṭīkā) on the Aitareyabhāṣya, a traditional medieval philosophical commentary by Śaṅkarācārya, which is itself a commentary on the Aitareyabrāhmaṇa, an ancient work on Vedic ritual. The work is written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 105r).
Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
105 leaves foliated 1-105, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmatkaivalyeṃdrasarasvatīpūjyapādaśiṣyaśrīmatjñāneṃdrasarasvatīpūjyapādaśiṣyaśrīmadabhinavanārāyaṇeṃdrasarasvatīviravitāyāmaitareyabhāṣyaṭīkāyāṃṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ // śrī nārāyaṇārpaṇam astu (f. 105r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 136 (UP 1068).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1068

OCLC:

897958542