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Title

Mitākṣarā
मीताक्षरा

Authors

• Annambhaṭṭa, active 17th century

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1243
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9963701523503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/904989387
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6370152

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Philosophical glossary and commentary on the Brahmasūtra. Manuscript is incomplete and lacks an ending.

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Brahmasutrārthadarśikāvṛtimitākṣarā from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.
   
• 108 leaves foliated 2-108, even numbers only, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and a few additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.
   

Extent

1 item (108 leaves) : 14 x 25 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Sanskrit language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.--Early works to 1800
• Vedanta--Early works to 1800
• Hindu philosophy--Early works to 1800
• Philosophy, Indic--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Commentaries
• Glossaries
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--17th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--17th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century

Licenses

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