Details

Subjects:

Siva (Hindu deity).
Hindu mythology.
Self (Philosophy).
Caste.
Human body -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Text frequently attributed to Śaṅkarācārya, though probably written by a follower.

Summary:

Apocryphal story and didactic poem about the meeting of the Advaita Vedāntan sage Śaṅkarācārya with an untouchable (dalit) man who turns out to be the Hindu god Śiva and their ensuing conversation about the nature of the Self, the body, and caste. Begins with what is the third verse of the text in other manuscript copies (for example, Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1265).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2r-2v).
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparibrājakācāryaviracitaṃ manīṣāpaṃcakaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 2r-2v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black 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 1806 (UP 2785).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2785.

OCLC:

975834751