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Praśnottarākṣamaṇiratnamālā, 1855.
प्रश्नोत्तराक्षमणिरत्नमाला
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2603
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Śaṅkarācārya, attributed name.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Hinduism.
- Hinduism--Examinations, questions, etc.
- Maxims, Sanskrit.
- Advaita.
- Vedanta.
- Hindu philosophy.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Genre:
- Examinations.
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (7 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 23 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2603
- Other Title:
- Praṣnotrī
- Place of Publication:
- 1855.
- १८५५.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Biography/History:
- Text often attributed to Śaṃkarācārya, but likely compiled from other texts by one of his followers.
- Summary:
- Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise, serving as sayings or maxims within the framework of Advaita Vedānta that poses a series of questions (praśna) and answers between students and their teacher.
- Notes:
- Title from explicit (f. 7v); alternate title from front of manuscript (f. 1r).
- Written in 5-6 lines per leaf.
- 7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.
- Dated saṃvat 1912 (1855) (f. 1r).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant phrases highlighted in red.
- 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 4219 (UP 2603).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2603.
- OCLC:
- 970817312
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