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Title

Tattvadīpaṇa
तत्त्वदीपण

Authors

• Akhaṇḍānanda, Muni

Other related names

• Gaṅgārāma, former owner

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1026
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962984323503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/894997031
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6298432

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and super-commentary written from the perspective of, and reflecting on the doctrine of, the Vivaraṇa branch of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy, which seeks to explain the root cause of ignorance (avidyā).

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
   
• 126 leaves foliated 1-20, 22-127, lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with quadruple black line.
   

Extent

1 item (126 leaves) : 13 x 29 cm

Support

Paper

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Gaṅgārāma (f. 1r).
   

Subjects topical

• Advaita--Early works to 1800
• Vedanta--Early works to 1800
• Hindu philosophy--Early works to 1800
• Philosophy, Indic--Early works to 1800

Genres

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

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