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Samnyāsaprārthanāvidhi, circa 1700-1850.
सम्न्यासप्रार्थनाविधि
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2562
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Śaṅkarācārya, attributed name.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Asceticism--Hinduism.
- Asceticism.
- Rites and ceremonies--India.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- India.
- Hindu philosophy.
- Vedanta.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Genre:
- manuals (instructional materials)
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (11 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 26 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2562
- Other Title:
- Samnyāsagrahaṇapaddhati
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Biography/History:
- Attributed to Śaṃkarācārya (f. 2r), but likely written by one of his followers.
- Summary:
- Treatise on the duties of ascetics, with some discussion of Vedānta philosophy.
- Notes:
- Title from internal verses (f. 2r); alternate title Samnyāsagrahaṇapaddhati supplied by cataloger.
- Written in 10 lines per leaf.
- 11 leaves foliated 1-11, upper left and lower right verso.
- Mistakes covered over in gray 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 4263 (UP 2562).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2562.
- OCLC:
- 970693444
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