Vārttikasāra, circa 1700-1850.
वार्त्तिकसार

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Sureśvarācārya.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Sanskrit language--Lexicography.

Sanskrit language.

Advaita.

Vedanta.

Sanskrit language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

treatises

glossaries

commentaries

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Controlled vocabularies.

Physical Description:

1 item (40 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 30 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 912

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for consultation and reference and is a glossary or lexicon and Hindu philosophical treatise regarding a variety of terms and concepts derived from the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy. The glossary is based on some of the upaniṣad commentaries of Sureśvara's teacher Śaṅkarācārya.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 40r).

Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.

40 leaves foliated 1-40, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti vārttikasāre meyaparīkṣā ity upoddhātaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 40r).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; several folios treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect the manuscript from insects.

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 4250 (UP 912).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 912

OCLC:

888077248