Details

Subjects:

Inference.
Self (Philosophy).
Advaita.
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 written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy and addresses issues like the nature of the Self (ātman) as the ultimate principal in the universe with a particular focus on the concept of imperceptible (aparokṣa) inference (anubhūti).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4v).
Written in 13-14 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti - chaṃkarācāryaviracite aparokṣānubhūtisamāptaḥ // (f. 4v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.
Scribe is Govinda Devadhara (f. 4v).

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 4084 (UP 1260).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1260

Contributor:

Govinda Devadhara, scribe.

OCLC:

905251797