Details

Standardized Title:

Yogavāsiṣṭha. Selections

Subjects:

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

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Dialogues.
Drawings (visual works)
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. Manuscript is incomplete.

Notes:

Title from internal colophon (f. 90r).
Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.
85 leaves foliated 6-90, upper left and lower right verso.
Internal colophon: ity ārṣe śrīrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye vālmīkiye vālakāṃḍe caturviśatisahasrakāyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ śriyā śrīrāmakrī akhyānaṃ nāmasaptasaptatitamaḥ sargaḥ // 77 // (f. 90r)
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. Final title page decorated with floral designs and a red wash

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 4230 (UP 2589).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2589.

OCLC:

970695517