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Title

Authors

• Madhusūdana Sarasvatī

Other related names

• Bhānu, scribe

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9963567023503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/903652146

Publisher

Language

Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary on Śaṅkarācārya's Daśaslokī, written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta branch of philosophy with emphasis on the devotional path (bhakti) towards knowledge of the absolute or brahman without qualities (nirguṇa brahman).

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 18r).
   
• Written in 11 lines per leaf.
   
• 18 leaves foliated 1-18, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Scribe is Bhānu (Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1165, f. 4r).
   
• Dated saṃvat 1917 and śaka 1782 (1860) based on Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1169 (f. 100r), written by the same scribe.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   
• Manuscript written by the same scribe as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1160, Item 1161, Item 1164, Item 1165, Item 1166, Item 1167, Item 1169, and Item 1172.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Bhakti
• Brahman
• Advaita
• Vedanta
• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic

Genres

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

Licenses

• Text

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• Text

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