Nirvāṇaprakaraṇa, after 1840.
निर्वाणप्रकरण

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Mokṣopāya. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Nirvana.

Advaita.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

commentaries

treatises

watermarks

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (885 leaves) : paper ; 21 x 33 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2255

Place of Publication:

after 1840.

१८४०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

A treatise on Advaita (non-dualism) philosophy that is distinct from Vedānta. Addresses the concept of liberation (nirvāṇa) for non-ascetics. It is a Kashmiri work and part of the Mokṣopāya (f. 691r). It became the basis of the Yogavāsiṣṭha, a work of Vedānta philosophy. An unidentified commentary runs horizontally above and below the root text.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 691r).

Written in 6-19 lines per leaf.

885 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1-195, (Part 2) 1-479, 482-691, [i], upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmahārāmāyaṇe mokṣopāye nirvāṇaprakaraṇe uttarārdhe bālakāṃḍe devadūtokte śatasahasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vāsiṣṭe brahmadarśane ekonaviṃśatyuttaradviśatatamaḥ sargaḥ 239 iti nirvāṇaprakaraṇaṃ saṃpūṇamastu // (f. 691r).

Dated after 1840 based on watermark.

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.

This manuscript is accompanied by two wooden boards with beveled edges used for supporting the manuscript and a large orange canvas wrapper to protect the manuscript.

Watermarks of Britannia; the name W. & J. Harris, Turkey Mill, 1839; and J. & J. Town, Turkey Mill, 1840.

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 4226 (UP 2255).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2255.

OCLC:

961831296