Details

Standardized Title:

Vaiyāsikanyāyamālā

Subjects:

Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Vedanta.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and compendium of important topics and tenets drawn from the Vedānta school of philosophy.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 119v).
Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
120 leaves foliated 1-120, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrībhāratītīrthamunipraṇitāyām adhikaraṇamālāyāṃ caturthādhyāyasya caturthaḥ pādaḥ // bhagavatāgautamābhujena śrīdhareṇālekhyadhikaraṇamālā // (f. 119v).
Dated śaka 1743 (1821) (f. 119v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
Watermarks bearing a coat of arms or crest of some kind.
Scribe is Śrīdhara, the younger brother of Gautama (f. 119v).

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Cintāmaṇabhaṭṭa Guṇe (f. 119v).

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 3965 (UP 1117).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1117

Contributor:

Śrīdhara, scribe.
Cintāmaṇabhaṭṭa Guṇe, former owner.

OCLC:

900891377