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Title

Kāṭhavallībhāṣya
काठवल्लीभाष्य

Authors

• Śaṅkarācārya

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 841
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962334843503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/883125010
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6233484

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (bhāṣya) on the late Vedic work the Kāṭhopaniṣad, which addresses early concepts of the Self (ātman), as well as addressing and offering interpretation of early social and ritual action. The commentary by Śaṅkarācārya runs parallel above and below the root text; however, the commentary itself contains a long introduction and conclusion before and after the root text.

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Kāṭhakabhāṣyeṣaṣṭīvallī from colophon (f. 54r); second alternative title, Kāṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya, supplied by cataloger; title of root text Kaṭhopaniṣad supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 54 leaves foliated 1-54, 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 through more than half the manuscript; vertical margins marked with triple red line through part of the manuscript (f. 1-2, 40-54).
   

Extent

1 item (54 leaves) : 13 x 29 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīgoviṃdabhagavat pūjyapādaśiṣyasya paramahaṃsaparibrājakasya śrīśaṃkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau kāṭhakabhāṣyeṣaṣṭīvallīsamāptaḥ // śrī rastu // kalpāṇamastu // (f. 54r).

Subjects topical

• Advaita
• Vedanta
• Ātman
• Self (Philosophy)
• 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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