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Pañcapādikā. Varṇaka 3, circa 1700-1850.
पञ्चपादिका वर्णक ३, १७००-१८५०
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1029
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Padmapādācārya, active 8th century.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Bādarāyaṇa. Brahmasūtra.
- Bādarāyaṇa.
- Śaṅkarācārya. Śārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣya.
- Śaṅkarācārya.
- Advaita.
- Vedanta.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Hindu philosophy.
- Genre:
- commentaries
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (10 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1029
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dual) Vedānta school of philosophy. The work is a commentary on the Śārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣya (also known as the Brahmasūtrabhāṣya) by Śaṅkarācārya, the author's teacher, which is itself a commentary on the Brahmasūtra by Bādarāyaṇa.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 11v).
- Written in 14-22 lines per leaf.
- 10 leaves foliated 1-8, 10-11, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti paṃcapādikāyāṃ vṛṭīyaṃ varṇakaṃ // (f. 11v).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Final two folios (f. 10-11) are on different sized paper, possibly with a different scribal hand.
- 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 3953 (UP 1029).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1029
- OCLC:
- 897468315
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