Laghuvākyavṛtti and Śvetāśvetaropaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Śaivism.

Rudra (Hindu deity).

Rudra.

Advaita.

Vedanta.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 22 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1263

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study. The first part is a short Hindu philosophical treatise summarizing the tenets of the Advaita (non-dual) branch of the Vedanta school; the second part is a late Vedic work that focuses on the centrality of the Vedic god Rudra, an early form of the Hindu deity Śiva and is important to the development of Śaivism.

Contents:

Laghuvākyavṛtti (f. 1r-2r)

Śvetāśvetaropaniṣad (f. 2r-3v).

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Written in 10-13 lines per leaf.

3 leaves foliated [1-3], lower right recto, in modern pencil.

Internal colophon: iti laghuvākyavṛttiḥ samāptā // (f. 2r).

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

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 4129 and 4192 (UP 1263).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1263.

Contains:

Śaṅkarācārya. Laghuvākyavr̥tti.

Upanishads. Śvetāśvataropaniṣad

OCLC:

905607732