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Pañcakośaviveka, after 1842.
पञ्चकोशविवेक

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Format:
Manuscript
Author/Creator:
Mādhava, -1386.
Contributor:
Rāmakr̥ṣṇa.
Standardized Title:
Pañcadaśī. Selections
Language:
Sanskrit
Subjects (All):
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Genre:
commentaries
treatises
watermarks
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Physical Description:
1 item (10 leaves) : paper ; 14 x 31 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1013
Other Title:
Tātparyabodhinī.
Place of Publication:
after 1842.
१८४२.
Language Note:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Biography/History:
Named Vidyāraṇya in the colophon (f. 10r).
Summary:
Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on Hindu philosophy titled Treatise on the discrimination of the five sheaths, which are considered different layers of reality, written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy; work contains part of an extensive commentary called the Tātparyabodhinī by Rāmakṛṣṇa running parallel, above and below, the root text.
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger; title of commentary the Mahābhūtaviveka of the Tātparyabodhinī from colophon (f. 10r); alternate name of commentary Pañcadaśīprakāśikā supplied by cataloger.
Written in 10 lines per leaf.
10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīpatparamahaṃsaparivājakācārya śrī bhāratītIrthavidyāraṇyamunīśvaraśiṣyeṇarāmakṛṣṇākhyena viduṣāviracitāmahābhūtavivekasyatātparyasya dīpikā samāptā // 2 // rāmakṛṣṇa rāmakṛṣṇa rāmakṛṣṇa (f. 10r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Dated after 1842 based on a watermark (f. 8).
Watermarks of the date 1842 and a company name, possibly Lumsden, and the Britannia coat of arms.
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 4047 (UP 1013).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1013.
OCLC:
929986231

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