Advaitānanda, circa 1700-1850.
अद्वैतानन्द

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Mādhava, -1386.

Standardized Title:

Pañcadaśī. Brahmānanda. Selections

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vedanta.

Advaita.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Ecstasy (Hinduism).

Genre:

commentaries

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (13 leaves) : paper ; 16 x 31 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2591

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise called the Advaitānanda or the Bliss (or ecstasy) of non-duality. It is part of a larger section, the Brahmānanda (Bliss of the Brahman), within a text called the Fifteen chapters (Pañcadaśī). This text focuses on different expressions of ultimate reality (being, consciousness, and bliss) and is drawn from the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy. Manuscript also contains an extensive commentary, the Tattvavivekaprakaraṇa, by Rāmakṛṣṇa, running above and below the root text.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 13v).

Written in 11-16 lines per leaf.

13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrībhāratītīrthavidyāranyamunivarya kiṃ kareṇa śrīrāmakṛṣṇākhyaviḍaṣāviracite brahmānaṃde 'dvaitānaṃdonāmatṛtīyodhyāyaḥ // (f. 13v).

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

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 4037 (UP 2591).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2591.

Contains:

Rāmakr̥ṣṇa. Tattvavivekaprakaraṇa.

OCLC:

970816103