Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1143: Vākyavṛtti
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Title from colophon (f. 4v).
Written in 13-14 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant words and phrases, as well as verse numbers highlighted in red.
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Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1143
9963243783503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/898564780
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6324378
Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a short Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary on the Great saying (mahāvākya), particularly the phrase, You are that (tat tvam asi), often functioning as a mantra and derived from late Vedic upaniṣads. The work is written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedanta school of philosophy.
In Sanskrit
Vākyavṛtti
वाक्यवृत्ति
Śaṅkarācārya
Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakāvāryaśrīmatśaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ vākyavṛttiprakaraṇaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // oṃ tat sat // (f. 4v).
paper
1 item (4 leaves) : 13 x 16 cm
Hindu mantras
Advaita
Vedanta
Hindu philosophy
Philosophy, Indic
Commentaries
Treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century