Details

Standardized Title:

Mādhavīyavedārthaprakāśa

Subjects:

Āraṇyakas.
Aranyakas. Aitareyāraṇyaka.
Aranyakas. Aitareyāraṇyaka -- Selections.
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Gāyatrī (Hindu deity).
Hindu mantras.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (prakāśa) on a section of the ancient Aitareyāraṇyaka (itself connected to the Ṛgveda) from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dual) Vedānta system of philosophy. Deals with the Gāyatrī mantra.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmādhavācāryaviracite vedabhāṣye gāyatrībhāṣyaṃ // sāṃbārpaṇam astu śrīḥ (f. 2v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 46 (UP 2738).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2738.

OCLC:

974382239