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Vedāntasāra, 1799.
वेदान्तसार

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1074
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Format:
Manuscript
Author/Creator:
Sadānanda Yogīndra.
Contributor:
Vināyaka (Son of Kṛṣṇa), scribe.
Language:
Sanskrit
Subjects (All):
Philosophy, Indic.
Hindu philosophy.
Advaita--Early works to 1800.
Advaita.
Vedanta--Early works to 1800.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy--Early works to 1800.
Philosophy, Indic--Early works to 1800.
Śiva (Hindu deity)--Early works to 1800.
Śiva.
Śiva (Hindu deity).
Parvati (Hindu deity)--Early works to 1800.
Parvati.
Parvati (Hindu deity).
Genre:
treatises
dialogues
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Physical Description:
1 item (11 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 29 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1074
Place of Publication:
1799.
१७९९.
Language Note:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Biography/History:
15th-century Sanskrit philosopher, referred to as Sadānanda in the manuscript (f. 11v).
Summary:
Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is a short philosophical treatise considered a summary or essence (sāra) of Vedic knowledge from an Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta perspective. Presented as a discourse between the Hindu deities Śiva and Pārvatī.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 11v).
Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
11 leaves foliated 1-11, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmatparivrājakācāryaviracito sadānaṃdaviracito vedāṃtasāraḥ samāptaḥ // śrīhanumallekṣmaṇasametaḥ śrīsītārāmacaṃdraḥ jñānadātāprīyatāṃ // śake 1721 siddhā[??] saṃvatsare māghaśuddhramatipadiravivāsare sahasrabudhyupāvhakṛṣṇātmajavināyakenalikhitaṃ svāthaṃ parārthaṃ ca // śubhaṃbhūyāllekhakādhyetroḥ // (f. 11v).
Scribe is Vināyaka, son of Kṛṣṇa (f. 11v).
Dated śaka 1721 (1799) (f. 11v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; corrections and additions in margins, some in a second 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 4173 (UP 1074).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1074
OCLC:
900084132

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