Vākyavṛtti, 1700-1850. = वाक्यवृत्ति, १७००१८५०.
- Publication:
- 1700-1850.
१७००१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 24 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1092
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3wh2dd9p - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Hindu mantras.
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Indian philosophy.
Hindu philosophy. - Form/Genre:
- Commentaries.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript was used for contemplation and study and is a short Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary on the Great saying (mahāvākya), particularly the phrase, You are that (tat tvam asi), often functioning as a kind of mantra and derived from late Vedic upaniṣads. The work is written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedanta school of philosophy.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīparamahaṃsaparivrājakāvāryaśrīgoviṃdabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasyaśrīmacchaṃkarācāryabhagavatpādakṛtavākyavṛttiḥ samāptaḥ śrīmatkāśīviśveśvarārpaṇaṃ (f. 2v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse numbers highlighted in red throughout. - 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 4134 (UP 1092).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1092
- OCLC:
- 897964902