Vākyasudhā, 1700-1850.
वाक्यसुधा

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Śaṅkarācārya.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Self (Philosophy).

Advaita.

Vedanta.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

watermarks

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 32 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1096

Place of Publication:

1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise that highlights the main teachings of the medieval philosopher Śaṅkarācārya, presenting his ideas about perception of the Self (ātman) and its relationship to consciousness and the manifestation of emotions, desires and the like. Draws from his wealth of interpretive writings on the Upaniṣads, such as the phrase, You are that (tat tvam asi). The work is written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedanta school of philosophy.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4r).

Written in 14-15 lines per leaf.

4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmacchaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ vākyasūdhāprakaraṇaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrīgopālakṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // (f. 4r).

Mistakes blacked or crossed out; some corrections and additions in margins.

Machine-made paper with two different watermarks, one a design of some kind, the other a small cross with the letters P and S in its center.

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 4139 (UP 1096).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1096

OCLC:

898029845