Paramāmṛta, circa 1700-1850.
परमामृत

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Mukundarāja, active 13th century.

Language:

Marathi

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu philosophy.

Indian philosophy.

Vedanta.

Tantrism.

Meditation--Hinduism.

Meditation.

Genre:

treatises

commentaries

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (59 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 17 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 566

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Marathi and Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is a philosophical treatise and commentary on various upaniṣads, primarily in Marathi, reflecting on Vedanta doctrine and prescribing a spiritual path steeped in esoteric, meditative practices.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 57r).

Written in 6-7 lines per leaf.

59 leaves foliated 1-59, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīparamāmṛte // mukuṃdarājaviracite upadeśadṛḍhīkaraṇaṃ // sākṣātkāro nāma // caturdaśaprakarṇaḥ // 14 // saṃpūrṇaḥ // (f. 57r).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse dividers in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.

Illustration of vases with flowers and general floral pattern around opening of text (f. 1r) with a decorative rectangle on the final folio (f. 59v).

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 4060 (UP 566).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 566

OCLC:

855264240