Details

Standardized Title:

Sāṅkhyasūtra

Other Title:

Sāṃkhyasūtravivaraṇa

Subjects:

Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Sankhya.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is a Hindu philosophical treatise on the principles of Sāṃkhya philosophy attributed to Kapila or an explanation or commentary (vivaraṇa) of that work.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 6r); alternate title Sāṃkhyasūtravivaraṇa from title page.
Written in 11 lines per leaf.
6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti kapilācāryasūtrāṇiḥ // śubhaṃ bhavanu // (f. 6r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black 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 3601 (UP 1921).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1921.

OCLC:

949905531