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Ātmabodha, circa 1778-1842. = आत्मबोध, १७७८-१८४२.

Author/Creator:
Śaṅkarācārya.
Publication:
circa 1778-1842.
१७७८-१८४२.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1112
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Subjects:
Vedas. Atharvaveda.
Self (Philosophy).
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Form/Genre:
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a philosophical treatise and summary of Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta doctrine, possibly derived from verses of the Atharvaveda, but typically attributed to Śaṅkarācārya.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 4r).
Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasaṃkarācāryakṛta ātmabodhaḥ samāptaḥ (f. 4r).
Dated śaka 17-- and saṃvat 18--, with only the century number indicated, which establishes a date range of 1778-1842 for the manuscript.
Mistakes covered in yellow or crossed out; corrections and addition in margins; verse numbers highlighted in red at beginning of text; one folio covered with yellow turmeric powder to help protect manuscript from insects (f. 3).
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 4087 (UP 1112).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1112
OCLC:
900197737