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Nāṭakadīpa, 1786.
ध्यानदीप

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1047
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Format:
Manuscript
Author/Creator:
Mādhava, -1386.
Contributor:
Bhaguvāsara, scribe.
Standardized Title:
Pañcadaśī. Selections
Language:
Sanskrit
Subjects (All):
Philosophy, Indic.
Hindu philosophy.
Theater--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
Theater--Religious aspects--Hinduism--Early works to 1800.
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:
treatises
commentaries
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Physical Description:
1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 32 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1047
Place of Publication:
1786.
१७८६.
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 theater, 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 colophon (f. 5r); commentary title Tātparyabodhinī supplied by cataloger; alternate commentary title Pañcadaśīprakāśikā supplied by cataloger.
Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left verso.
Colophon: iti śrīvidyāraṇyamuniviracitā nāṭakadīpaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 5v).
Manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript that was copied by two or three scribal hands and includes Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1046, Item 1048, Item 1049, Item 1050, and Item 1051.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Dated saṃvat 1843 (1786) (Ms. Coll 390, Item 1050, f. 7v).
Scribe is Bhaguvāsara (Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1050, f. 7r).
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 4017 (UP 1047).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1047
Contains:
Rāmakr̥ṣṇa. Tātparyabodhinī.
Rāmakr̥ṣṇa. Pañcadaśīprakāśikā.
OCLC:
897836832

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