Details

Standardized Title:

Yogavāsiṣṭha. Selections

Subjects:

Advaita.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Hindu mythology.
Rāma (Hindu deity).

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Dialogues.
Commentaries.
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. A commentary by Maheśvaratīrtha, the Rāmāyaṇatattvadīpikā, runs horizontally above and below the root text.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 214r).
Written in 5-11 lines per leaf.
214 leaves foliated 1-214, upper left and lower right verso.
Commentary colophon: ity ārṣe rāmā[yaṇe] ara[ṇyakāṃḍe] pañca[sapta]titamaḥ sargaḥ 75 // (f. 214r).
Mistakes 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 4232 (UP 2296).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2296.

Contains:

Maheśvaratīrtha. Rāmāyaṇatattvadīpikā.

OCLC:

961831441