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Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣyavivaraṇa, circa 1700-1850.
प्रश्नोपनिषद्भाष्यविवरण
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 845
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Abhinavanārāyaṇendrasarasvatī.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Hinduism.
- Śaṅkarācārya. Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya.
- Śaṅkarācārya.
- Upanishads. Praśnopaniṣad.
- Upanishads.
- Hinduism--Examinations, questions, etc.
- Self (Philosophy).
- Ātman.
- Advaita.
- Vedanta.
- Hindu philosophy.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Genre:
- Examinations.
- commentaries
- treatises
- dialogues
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly owned by Janārdana Koṇḍadeva of the village of Gāḍagī in present day Jarakhand, India (f. 32r).
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (32 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 30 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 845
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Biography/History:
- Author named Śaṅkarabhagavata in the commentary colophon (f. 39r).
- Summary:
- Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and super-commentary (vivaraṇa) on a commentary (bhāṣya) by the Advaita Vedānta philosopher Śaṅkarācārya. These commentarial works expound on the Praśnopaniṣad, a late Vedic work that addresses early concepts of the Self (ātman) and poses a series of questions (praśna) and answers between students and their teacher.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 32r).
- Written in 11-15 lines per leaf.
- 32 leaves foliated 1-32, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrīparivrājākacāryaśrīmatkaivalyeṃdraśiṣyijñāneṃdragurucaraṇasevinārāyaṇeṃdrasarasvatīviracitaṃ praśnopaniṣadbhāṣyavivaraṇaṃ // (f. 32r).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with quadruple 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 667 (UP 845).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 845
- OCLC:
- 883242568
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