Details

Subjects:

Śaṅkarācārya. Daśaslokī.
Bhakti.
Brahman.
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary on Śaṅkarācārya's Daśaslokī, written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta branch of philosophy with emphasis on the devotional path (bhakti) towards knowledge of the absolute or brahman without qualities (nirguṇa brahman).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 41v).
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
41 leaves foliated 1-41, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryavaryaviśveśvarasarasvatīpūjyapādaśiṣyaśrīmadhusūdanasarasvatīviracitaḥ siddhāṃtabi[ṃ]duḥ // (41 r).
Mistakes blacked out; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red through the first part of the manuscript; vertical margins marked with double black lines.
Watermarks bearing the date of 1836 and a crest of a seated Britannia throughout the manuscript.

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 1778 (UP 1123).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1123

OCLC:

902676114