Vākyasudhā, circa 1700-1850.
वाक्यसुधा

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Śaṅkarācārya.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Self (Philosophy).

Advaita.

Vedanta.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

commentaries

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (11 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 28 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1274

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation; contains a short philosophical synopsis highlighting the main teachings of Śaṅkarācārya. The work presents ideas about perception of the Self (ātman) and its relationship to consciousness and the manifestation of emotions, desires and the like. It draws from a wealth of interpretive writings on the Upaniṣads, illuminating such well known phrases as, 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. 11v).

Written in 8-11 lines per leaf.

11 leaves foliated [i], 1-9, 11, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmacchaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ [v]ākyasudhānāmaprakaraṇaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 11v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins some of it in a second scribal hand; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line; some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect the manuscript from insects.

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 4143 (UP 1274).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1274

OCLC:

905604872