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Tattvadīpaṇa, circa 1650-1799.
तत्त्वदीपण
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1026
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Akhaṇḍānanda, Muni
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Hindu philosophy.
- Advaita--Early works to 1800.
- Advaita.
- Vedanta--Early works to 1800.
- Vedanta.
- Hindu philosophy--Early works to 1800.
- Philosophy, Indic--Early works to 1800.
- Genre:
- commentaries
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly owned by Gaṅgārāma (f. 1r).
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (126 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 29 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1026
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1650-1799.
- १६५०-१७९९.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and super-commentary written from the perspective of, and reflecting on the doctrine of, the Vivaraṇa branch of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy, which seeks to explain the root cause of ignorance (avidyā).
- Notes:
- Title from title page (f. 1r).
- Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
- 126 leaves foliated 1-20, 22-127, lower right verso.
- Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with quadruple black 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 3955 (UP 1026).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1026
- OCLC:
- 894997079
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