Details

Subjects:

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

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation; contains a short philosophical synopsis highlighting the main teachings of Śaṅkarācārya. The work presents ideas about perception of the Self (ātman) and its relationship to consciousness and the manifestation of emotions, desires and the like. It draws from a wealth of interpretive writings on the Upaniṣads, illuminating such well known phrases as, You are that (tat tvam asi). The work is written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedanta school of philosophy.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3v).
Written in 11 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīvākyasudhā samāptā (f. 3v).
Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins some of which are in a second scribal hand.
Watermarks bearing a floral pattern as well as an illegible name, likely of the paper company, ending with STA.

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 4142 (UP 1137).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1137

OCLC:

898497413