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Title

Tattvavivekadīpana
तत्त्वविवेकदीपन

Authors

• Nr̥siṃhāśrama

Other related names

• Gāḍagīla, Janārdana Koṇḍadeva, former owner

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1001
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962986493503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/895003351
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6298649

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise as well as a commentary (dīpana) known as, the Light of truth investigation, by Nārāyaṇāśrama on his own work Tattvaviveka, also referred to as the Vedāntatattvaviveka. The work is related to the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 85v).
   
• Written in 13-14 lines per leaf.
   
• 86 leaves foliated 1-86, lower right verso; Part 2 (f. 56-86) is also foliated 1-30, upper right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   

Extent

1 item (86 leaves) : 12 x 31 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīmadvedāṃtasiddhāṃtasārābhijñaśrīmannṛsiṃhāśramamunipraṇīte tattvavivekadīpane dvitīyaparicchedaḥ aṃdhridvaṃdvasamāśrayaḥ kṛtijagannāthāśramaśrīguror nā[?]āta[?]vivekadīpanam iti śrīmṛnnṛsiṃhāśramaḥ // abdebāṇaviyadraseṃdragaṇiteṣauṣedaśamyāṃtithauśītāṃśaunaīanāmanī -- puregraṃthaṃmudāvīkarat // samāpto 'yaṃ dvitīyaḥ parichedaḥ // (f. 85v).

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Janārdan Koṇḍadeva (f. 85v). This owner is from the village of Gāḍagī (or Gāḍgīlāya), possibly in present day Jarakhand, India; the item is written by the same scribe as Item 845, Item 930, Item 931, Item 932, Item 934, Item 1002, Item 1003, and Item 2387.
   

Subjects topical

• Advaita
• Vedanta
• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic

Genres

• Commentaries
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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