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Title

Authors

• Śaṅkarānanda, active 1290

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9963191653503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/898043308
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6319165

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Language

Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (dīpikā) on the Jābālopaniṣad, a post-Vedic philosophical work presented as a dialogue between the ancient Hindu mythic figures Yājñavalkya and Janaka. A range of topics is discussed including the nature of Kurukṣetra (well known as a battle field and a place of sacrifice), rites and ceremonies, and others.

Notes

• Title from colophon.
   
• Written in 12-14 lines per leaf.
   
• 14 leaves foliated 1-14, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Sacrifice--Hinduism
• Hindu mythology
• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic

Genres

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

Licenses

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