Aparokṣānubhūti, circa 1700-1850.
अपरोक्षानुभूति

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Śaṅkarācārya.

Contributor:

Narasiṃhabhaṭa, former owner.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Inference.

Self (Philosophy).

Advaita.

Vedanta.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

drawings (visual works)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Narasiṃhabhaṭa (f. 12r).

Physical Description:

1 item (12 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 16 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1131

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 written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy and addresses issues like the nature of the Self (ātman) as the ultimate principal in the universe with a particular focus on the concept of imperceptible (aparokṣa) inference (anubhūti).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 12r).

Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.

12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: aprokṣānubhūtirācāryabūtasamāptaṃ // (f. 12v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. There is a floral design doodle at the end of the manuscript (f. 12r).

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 4081 (UP 1131).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1131.

OCLC:

898036760