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Title

Vedāntaśikhāmaṇi
वेदान्तशिखामणि

Authors

• Rāmakr̥ṣṇādhvarin, active 17th century

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1016
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9963140263503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/897386784
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6314026

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise whose title is translated as The crest-jewel of Vedānta, which gives an overview, synthesis, and highlights of Vedānta philosophy, written from the Advāita (non-dual) system of philosophy.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 173r).
   
• Written in 9 lines per leaf.
   
• 173 leaves foliated 1-173, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins, some in a second scribal hand; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   

Extent

1 item (173 leaves) : 13 x 28 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīmadharmarājādhvarIṃdrātmajarāmakṛṣṇādhvariviracitte vedāṃtaśikhāmaṇau aṣṭamaṃparicchedaḥ // samāptaścāyaṃ graṃthaḥ śrīkāsiviśveśvarārpaṇam astu (f. 173r).

Subjects topical

• Advaita
• Vedanta
• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic

Genres

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

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