Ātmabodha, circa 1778-1842.
आत्मबोध

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Śaṅkarācārya

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vedas. Atharvaveda.

Vedas.

Self (Philosophy).

Advaita.

Vedanta.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1112

Place of Publication:

circa 1778-1842.

१७७८-१८४२.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a philosophical treatise and summary of Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta doctrine, possibly derived from verses of the Atharvaveda, but typically attributed to Śaṅkarācārya.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4r).

Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.

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

Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasaṃkarācāryakṛta ātmabodhaḥ samāptaḥ (f. 4r).

Dated śaka 17-- and saṃvat 18--, with only the century number indicated, which establishes a date range of 1778-1842 for the manuscript.

Mistakes covered in yellow or crossed out; corrections and addition in margins; verse numbers highlighted in red at beginning of text; one folio covered with yellow turmeric powder to help protect manuscript from insects (f. 3).

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 4087 (UP 1112).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1112

OCLC:

900197737