Details

Subjects:

Sadānanda Yogīndra. Vedāntasāra.
Vedanta.
Advaita.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Parvati (Hindu deity).

Form/Genre:

Dialogues.
Treatises.
Commentaries.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Also referred to as Nṛsiṃha Sarasvatī or Nṛsiṃhasarasvatī.

Summary:

Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is an extensive commentary (tīkā) on the short philosophical treatise called the Vedāntasāra by Sadānanda Yogīndra, considered a summary or essence (sāra) of Vedic knowledge from a Vedānta perspective and presented as a discourse between the Hindu deities Śiva and Pārvatī. Manuscript also contains Sadānanda Yogīndra's root text running with two or three lines of text between the elaborate commentary.

Notes:

Title from end page (f. 52r).
Written in 9-12 lines per leaf.
52 leaves foliated 1-52, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti vedāṃtasārarṭīkāsametasamāptaḥ // (f. 52v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with triple red line.
Includes single wooden board cover (broken) with importer stickers; one bears the name: A. C. Gumpert, Bombay, Sole Importer; the other two have: The Celebrated Shudehill Match, J. Fryer Manchester along with a crest of a lion; a University of Pennsylvania Library ink stamp was put on every sticker when procured.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Yajñeśvarabhaṭṭa (f. 1r).

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 4178 (UP 1057).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1057

Contributor:

Bhaṭṭa, Yajñeśvara, active 19th century, former owner.

OCLC:

900194109