Details

Subjects:

Hindu philosophy.
Indian philosophy.
Hindu law.
Hindu ethics.
Dharma.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

8th-century Indian philosopher and commentator, primarily known for his works in Sanskrit, who belonged to the Advaita Vedānta school of Hindu philosophy.

Summary:

Manuscript is used for study and consultation and is a short philosophical treatise dedicated to ethics and good conduct and their relationship with knowledge and self-realization.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 5v).
Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.
5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmaghaṃkarācaryaviracitaṃ sadācāraprakarṇasamāptaṃ // śrī rādhākṛṣṇakṛṣṇakṛṣṇakṛṣṇa (f. 5v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Non-Latin script record.

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 4147 (UP 288).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 288

OCLC:

828628249