Details

Other Title:

Vākyavṛtti

Subjects:

Śaṅkarācārya. Vākyavr̥tti.
Vedanta.
Advaita.
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 commentary from the Vedanta school on Śaṅkarācārya's Vākyavṛtti, a philosophical treatise on great sayings (mahāvākya), such as, you are that (tat tvam asi), and others. Manuscript, though bearing the title of Śaṅkarācārya's work on the title page (f. 1r), appears to be an unidentified commentary on that text.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 26r); alternate title Vākyavṛtti from title page.
Written in 7-10 lines per leaf.
26 leaves foliated 1-26, upper left and upper right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīsaṃgrahavākyakṛtiḥ samāptā // śrīrāmārpaṇam astu // (f. 26r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red.
Scribe is Viṣṇu, son of Vināyaka (f. 26r-26v).

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 4249 (UP 2113).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2113.

Contributor:

Viṣṇu (Son of Vināyaka), scribe.

OCLC:

957773520