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Laghuvākyavṛtti and Śvetāśvetaropaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 22 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1263
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Subjects:
Śaivism.
Rudra (Hindu deity).
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Form/Genre:
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is used for contemplation and study. The first part is a short Hindu philosophical treatise summarizing the tenets of the Advaita (non-dual) branch of the Vedanta school; the second part is a late Vedic work that focuses on the centrality of the Vedic god Rudra, an early form of the Hindu deity Śiva and is important to the development of Śaivism.
Contents:
Laghuvākyavṛtti (f. 1r-2r)
Śvetāśvetaropaniṣad (f. 2r-3v).
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in 10-13 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated [1-3], lower right recto, in modern pencil.
Internal colophon: iti laghuvākyavṛttiḥ samāptā // (f. 2r).
Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
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 4129 and 4192 (UP 1263).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1263.
Contains:
Śaṅkarācārya. Laghuvākyavr̥tti.
Upanishads. Śvetāśvataropaniṣad
OCLC:
905607732