Brahmasūtra, circa 1700-1850.
ब्रह्मसूत्र

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Bādarāyaṇa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Vedanta.

Brahman.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (11 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 23 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 818

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise from the Vedānta school of philosophy and is the fourth section of a larger work. It is a foundational work for this branch of Hindu philosophy from the early medieval period and was highly influential on later medieval thinkers and beyond. Particular concern is given to the nature of the highest reality or absolute, the brahman.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 11r).

Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.

11 leaves foliated 1-11, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrībrahmasūtre caturthādyāyasya caturthaḥ pādaḥ // samāptaścādhyāyaḥ // sūttraṃ saṃkhyā (f. 11r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

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 3924 (UP 818).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 818

OCLC:

881829007