Details

Standardized Title:

Pañcadaśī. Selections

Other Title:

Tātparyabodhinī.

Subjects:

Advaita.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Treatises.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Named Vidyāraṇya in the colophon (f. 10r).

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on Hindu philosophy titled Treatise on the discrimination of the five sheaths, which are considered different layers of reality, written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy; work contains part of an extensive commentary called the Tātparyabodhinī by Rāmakṛṣṇa running parallel, above and below, the root text.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger; title of commentary the Mahābhūtaviveka of the Tātparyabodhinī from colophon (f. 10r); alternate name of commentary Pañcadaśīprakāśikā supplied by cataloger.
Written in 10 lines per leaf.
10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīpatparamahaṃsaparivājakācārya śrī bhāratītIrthavidyāraṇyamunīśvaraśiṣyeṇarāmakṛṣṇākhyena viduṣāviracitāmahābhūtavivekasyatātparyasya dīpikā samāptā // 2 // rāmakṛṣṇa rāmakṛṣṇa rāmakṛṣṇa (f. 10r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Dated after 1842 based on a watermark (f. 8).
Watermarks of the date 1842 and a company name, possibly Lumsden, and the Britannia coat of arms.

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 4047 (UP 1013).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1013.

Contributor:

Rāmakr̥ṣṇa.

Related Work:

Rāmakr̥ṣṇa. Pañcadaśīprakāśikā.

OCLC:

929986231