Details

Standardized Title:

Yogavāsiṣṭha. Selections

Subjects:

Hindu mythology.
Philosophy, Indic.
Hindu philosophy.
Advaita -- Early works to 1800.
Advaita.
Vedanta -- Early works to 1800.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy -- Early works to 1800.
Philosophy, Indic -- Early works to 1800.
Hindu mythology -- Early works to 1800.
Rāma (Hindu deity) -- Early works to 1800.
Rāma (Hindu deity).

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

A treatise on Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta philosophy attributed to the ancient sage Vālmīki but composed by an unknown medieval author. Framed within the mythological world of the epic Rāmāyaṇa, the text is presented as a dialogue between the sage Vāsiṣṭha and the epic hero Rāma.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 72v).
Written in 13-16 lines per leaf.
73 leaves foliated 1-73, upper left and lower right verso.
Commentary colophon: ity ārṣe rāmāyaṇe bālakāṃḍe saptasaptatitamaḥ sargaḥ 77 // (f. 73v).
Dated śaka 1717 (1795) (f. 73v).
Mistakes covered over in white or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; 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 4228 (UP 2294).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2294.

OCLC:

961831337