Vākyavṛttiprakaraṇa, circa 1700-1850. = वाक्यवृत्तिप्रकरण, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 24 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1273
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3fb4wm0t - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Hindu mantras.
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic. - Form/Genre:
- Commentaries.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a short Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (prakaraṇa) on the Great saying (mahāvākya), particularly the phrase, You are that (tat tvam asi), often functioning as a mantra and derived from late Vedic upaniṣads. The work is written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedanta school of philosophy.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 15-17 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmacchaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ vākyavṛttiprakaraṇaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 2v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; colophon highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double red line. - 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 4138 (UP 1273).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1273
- OCLC:
- 905547645