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Pratyaktatvaviveka, circa 1700-1850.
प्रत्यक्तत्वविवेक

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1011
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Format:
Manuscript
Author/Creator:
Mādhava, -1386.
Standardized Title:
Pañcadaśī. Selections
Language:
Sanskrit
Subjects (All):
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Genre:
commentaries
treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Physical Description:
1 item (17 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 32 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1011
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, part of a work called the Fifteen chapters (Pañcadaśī) that focuses on different expressions of ultimate reality (being, consciousness, and bliss) and is drawn from the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy. Manuscript also contains an extensive commentary, the Tattvavivekaprakaraṇa, by Rāmakṛṣṇa.
Notes:
Title from end title page (f. 17r); title of commentary, Tattvavivekaprakaraṇa, supplied by cataloger.
Written in 9-11 per leaf.
17 leaves foliated 1-17, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ity aṃtatvavivekaṃ vidhāya vidhivanmanaḥ samādhāya // vigalitasaṃsṛtibaṃdhaḥ prāpnoti paraṃpadaṃ naro na cirāt // 65 // iti vidyāraṇyasvāminā kṛtatattvavivekaḥ samāptaḥ (f. 17r).
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 3995 (UP 1011).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1011
Contains:
Rāmakr̥ṣṇa. Tattvavivekaprakaraṇa.
OCLC:
895784950

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