Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1089 Jīvanmuktiviveka / जीवन्मुक्तिविवेक
Title
Jīvanmuktivivekaजीवन्मुक्तिविवेक
Authors
- Mādhava, -1386
Other related names
- Nārāyaṇa Sānā, scribe
Call number
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1089(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9963334823503681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/900197054
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6333482
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
In SanskritSummary
Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a philosophical treatise on the state of realization known as jīvanmukti, when a human being is released from this world (saṃsāra) while still living in it through the ideal of non-attachment; a kind of Hindu enlightenment or salvation, often referred to as mokṣa (release). Treatise is written from the perspective of the medieval Vedānta school of philosophy.
Notes
- Title from colophon (f. 66v).
- Written in 9 lines per leaf.
- 67 leaves foliated 1-67, upper left and lower right verso.
- Scribe is Nārāyaṇa Sānā (f. 66v).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
- Date śaka 1766 (1844) (f. 66v)
- Watermarks bearing the date of 1841 as well as a crest containing a standing lion or mythical creature holding a scepter.
Extent
1 item (67 leaves) : 11 x 34 cmSupport
PaperColophon
Colophon: iti śrījīvanmuktivivekavidyāraṇyakṛtasamaptiṃ tat sadbrahmārpaṇam astu // (f. 66r).Subjects topical
- Mokṣa
- Salvation--Hinduism
- Vedanta
- Advaita
- Hindu philosophy
- Philosophy, Indic
Genres
- Treatises
- Watermarks
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
- Manuscripts--India--19th century
Licenses
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