Vedāntāmṛta, circa 1700-1850.
वेदान्तामृत

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Gopālendra Sarasvatī.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Vedanta.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 815

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Student of Kṛṣṇendra Sarasvatī (f. 8r).

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a short treatise on the essentials of medieval Vedānta philosophy; titled the Nectar (amṛta) or Essence of Vedanta.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8r).

Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.

8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakottamaśrīkṛṣṇeṃdrasarasvatīśiṣyeṇa śrīgopāleṃdrasarasvatyākhyabhikṣuṇāgrathitaṃ vedāṃtāmṛtaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 8r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red 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 3898 (UP 815).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 815

OCLC:

881828793