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Title

Pañcadaśī
पञ्चदशी

Authors

• Mādhava, -1386
• Rāmakr̥ṣṇa
• Rāmakr̥ṣṇa

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1056
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9963178713503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/897932179
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6317871

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on Hindu philosophy, written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy in verse (śloka); the work contains part of an extensive commentary called the Tātparyabodhinī by Rāmakṛṣṇa running parallel, above and below, the main root text.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 267r); commentary title Tātparyabodhinī supplied by cataloger; alternate commentary title Pañcadaśīprakāśikā supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 8-16 lines per leaf.
   
• 236 leaves foliated 1-115, 144-267, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with a double red line.
   

Extent

1 item (236 leaves) : 13 x 31 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti paṃcadaśottamaprakaraṇīsaṃpūrṇaṃ // ṣrī // (f. 267r).

Subjects topical

• Advaita
• Vedanta
• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic

Genres

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

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