Details

Subjects:

Inference.
Self (Philosophy).
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Drawings (visual works)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy and addresses issues like the nature of the Self (ātman) as the ultimate principal in the universe with a particular focus on the concept of imperceptible (aparokṣa) inference (anubhūti).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 12r).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: aprokṣānubhūtirācāryabūtasamāptaṃ // (f. 12v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. There is a floral design doodle at the end of the manuscript (f. 12r).

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Narasiṃhabhaṭa (f. 12r).

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 4081 (UP 1131).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1131.

Contributor:

Narasiṃhabhaṭa, former owner.

OCLC:

898036760