Details

Standardized Title:

Yogavāsiṣṭha. Selections

Other Title:

Utpattiprakaraṇa

Subjects:

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

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Treatises.
Dialogues.
Watermarks.
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 Ānandabodhendra Sarasvatī, the Vāsiṣṭhatātyaryaprakāśa (also called Vāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇatātparyaprakāśa), runs horizontally above and below the root text. Some extraneous text (verses 41-46), fragmented after final colophon (f. 306r).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 305v); alternative title Utpattiprakaraṇa from title page (f. 306v); title of commentary from colophon (f. 305v).
Written in 15-19 lines per leaf.
306 leaves foliated 1-305, [306], upper left and lower right verso.
Dated śaka 1764 (1842) (f. 305v).
Colophon: ity śrīvāsiṣṭhe ārṣoparacite mahārāmāyaṇe devadūtokte utpattiprakaraṇe dvāviṃśatyuttaraśatatamaḥ sargaḥ 122 // (f. 305v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with triple red line.
Watermarks of Britannia; the name W. & J. Harris, Turkey Mill, 1839; and J. & J. Town, Turkey Mill, 1840.

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 4224 (UP 2320).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2320.

Contains:

Ānandabodhendrasarasvatī. Vāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇatātparyaprakāśa.

OCLC:

961831748