Details

Subjects:

Śāṇḍilya. Bhaktisūtra.
Bhakti.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Treatises.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Referred to as Svapneśvarācārya in the colophon (f. 59r).

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary reflecting on the nature of devotion (bhakti) and the different ways that one can be attached, such as blindly attached to family or consciously attached to the divine. The text suggests the means to become attached to the world while yet having attachment and devotion to God. The work is a commentary on the Bhaktisūtra by Śāṇḍilya and is considered a kind of devotional of faith-centered Mimāṃsa (Bhaktimimāṃsa), a development out of earlier schools of Mimāṃsa that focused on rites or knowledge (for example, Uttara Mimāṃsa, also known as Vedānta).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 59r).
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
59 leaves foliated 1-59, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīsvamneśvarācāryaviracite śāṃḍilyaśatasūtrīyabhāṣye tṛtīyādhyāyasya dvitīyamānhikaṃ samāptaścāyamadhyāyaḥ samāptāceyaṃtrilakṣaṇā bhaktimīmāṃsā (f. 59r).
Mistakes blacked out; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with triple red line.
Watermarks on blue, European paper, bearing the name Leonard M.

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 4162 (UP 1114).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1114

OCLC:

900197916