Aṣṭāvakra, circa 1700-1850.
अष्टावक्र

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Aṣṭāvakra.

Standardized Title:

Aṣṭāvakragītā

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Bhagavadgītā.

Vedanta.

Philosophy, Indic.

Hindu philosophy.

Hindu mythology.

Advaita.

Genre:

commentaries

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (56 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 813

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a philosophical work expounding on Vedānta (end of the Vedas), possibly by a follower of Śaṅkarācārya, the proponent of Advaita Vedanta school. The work is presented as a conversation between figures from well known Hindu epic mythology and in particular aligns itself with its own vision of the teachings of the Bhagavadgītā. The main text of the manuscript has a commentary running parallel above and below the main text and is attributed to Viśveśvara (f. 57r).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 57r); title of commentary, Aṣṭāvakradipikā, from end title page (f. 57r); alternate title for commentary, Ātmānubhavaprakaraṇa, supplied by cataloger.

Written in 8-11 lines per leaf.

56 leaves foliated 1-24, 26-57], upper left and lower right verso; folios 43-57 written in modern pencil.

Colophon: ity aṣṭāvakraṃ samāptaṃ (f. 57r).

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 4194 (UP 813).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 813

Contains:

Aṣṭāvakradipikā.

Ātmānubhavaprakaraṇa.

OCLC:

881830352