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Gāyatrībhāṣya, circa 1700-1850.
गायत्रीभाष्य
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2738
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Sāyaṇa, -1387
- Standardized Title:
- Mādhavīyavedārthaprakāśa
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Āraṇyakas.
- Aranyakas. Aitareyāraṇyaka.
- Aranyakas. Aitareyāraṇyaka--Selections.
- Aranyakas.
- Advaita.
- Vedanta.
- Hindu philosophy.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Gāyatrī (Hindu deity).
- Gāyatrī.
- Hindu mantras.
- Genre:
- commentaries
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 16 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2738
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (prakāśa) on a section of the ancient Aitareyāraṇyaka (itself connected to the Ṛgveda) from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dual) Vedānta system of philosophy. Deals with the Gāyatrī mantra.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 2v).
- Written in 8 lines per leaf.
- 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrīmādhavācāryaviracite vedabhāṣye gāyatrībhāṣyaṃ // sāṃbārpaṇam astu śrīḥ (f. 2v).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow 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 46 (UP 2738).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2738.
- OCLC:
- 974382239
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