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Tattvavivekadīpana, circa 1700-1850.
तत्त्वविवेकदीपन
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1001
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Nr̥siṃhāśrama.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Nr̥siṃhāśrama. Vedāntatattvaviveka.
- Advaita.
- Vedanta.
- Hindu philosophy.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Genre:
- commentaries
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly owned by Janārdan Koṇḍadeva (f. 85v). This owner is from the village of Gāḍagī (or Gāḍgīlāya), possibly in present day Jarakhand, India; the item is written by the same scribe as Item 845, Item 930, Item 931, Item 932, Item 934, Item 1002, Item 1003, and Item 2387.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (86 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 31 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1001
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise as well as a commentary (dīpana) known as, the Light of truth investigation, by Nārāyaṇāśrama on his own work Tattvaviveka, also referred to as the Vedāntatattvaviveka. The work is related to the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy.
- Contents:
- Prathamaḥ paricchedaḥ (f. 1-55)
- Dvitīyaḥ paricchedaḥ (f. 56-86).
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 85v).
- Written in 13-14 lines per leaf.
- 86 leaves foliated 1-86, lower right verso; Part 2 (f. 56-86) is also foliated 1-30, upper right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrīmadvedāṃtasiddhāṃtasārābhijñaśrīmannṛsiṃhāśramamunipraṇīte tattvavivekadīpane dvitīyaparicchedaḥ aṃdhridvaṃdvasamāśrayaḥ kṛtijagannāthāśramaśrīguror nā[?]āta[?]vivekadīpanam iti śrīmṛnnṛsiṃhāśramaḥ // abdebāṇaviyadraseṃdragaṇiteṣauṣedaśamyāṃtithauśītāṃśaunaīanāmanī -- puregraṃthaṃmudāvīkarat // samāpto 'yaṃ dvitīyaḥ parichedaḥ // (f. 85v).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some 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 3921 (UP 1001).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1001
- OCLC:
- 895003344
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