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Citradīpa, circa 1700-1850.
चित्रदीप
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1033
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Mādhava, -1386.
- Standardized Title:
- Pañcadaśī. Selections
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Art and philosophy.
- India.
- Art and philosophy--India.
- Advaita.
- Vedanta.
- Hindu philosophy.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Genre:
- treatises
- commentaries
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (23 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 31 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1033
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on Hindu philosophy whose title is translated as Light on painting; compares the creation of the universe with that of a painting, written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy; work contains part of an extensive commentary called the Tātparyabodhinī by Rāmakṛṣṇa running parallel, above and below, the main root text.
- Notes:
- Title from final page (f. 23v); commentary title Tātparyabodhinī supplied by cataloger; alternate commentary title Pañcadaśīprakāśikā supplied by cataloger.
- Written in 13-16 lines per leaf.
- 23 leaves foliated 1-23, upper left verso.
- Colophon: iti citradīpākhyaprakaraṇaṃsamāptaṃ (f. 23v).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
- Manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript along with Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1030, Item 1031, and Item 1032.
- 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 3991 (UP 1033).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1033
- Contains:
- Rāmakr̥ṣṇa. Tātparyabodhinī.
- Rāmakr̥ṣṇa. Pañcadaśīprakāśikā.
- OCLC:
- 897827168
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