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Vividiṣasaṃnyāsa vidvatsaṃnyāsa, circa 1700-1850. = विविदिषसंन्यास विद्वत्संन्यास, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (60 leaves) : paper ; 14 x 25 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1244
Status/Location:
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Subjects:
Mokṣa.
Self (Philosophy).
Asceticism -- Hinduism.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Form/Genre:
Treatises.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Philosophical treatise on those who follow a path of ascetic renunciation called saṃnyāsa. The work identifies two types of saṃnyāsa: the first dealing with liberation of the Self (mokṣa) after death, vividiṣasaṃnyāsa or renunciation of the seeker, and the second with the liberation of the Self while living (also known as jīvanmukti), vidvatsaṃnyāsa or renunciation of the knower.
Notes:
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 10-13 lines per leaf.
60 leaves foliated 1-60, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line.
Watermarks throughout, bearing a crest with crown.
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 4251 (UP 1244).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1244
OCLC:
904992439