Details

Standardized Title:

Brahmasūtra

Subjects:

Brahman.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise that compiles and summarizes excerpts from more ancient upaniṣads. It is a foundational work for the Vedānta branch of philosophy and was highly influential on medieval thinkers and beyond. Particular concern is given to the nature of the highest reality or absolute, the brahman.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 33v).
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
34 leaves foliated 1-34, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti vedāṃtasūtre caturthādhyāyasya caturthaḥ pādaḥ // phalādhyāyaḥ (f. 33v).
Mistakes blacked out; some minor corrections and additions in margins; significant numbers, syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red.

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 3928 (UP 1248).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1248

OCLC:

905000090