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Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1261 Prabodhasudhākara / प्रबोधसुधाकर

Title

Prabodhasudhākara
प्रबोधसुधाकर

Authors

Śaṅkarācārya

Other related names

Govinda Devadhara (Son of Viśvanātha Devadhara), scribe

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1261
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

bibid: 9963706783503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/905011438
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6370678

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise dealing with the senses, desire, the Self, and Ultimate Reality and various social ramifications associated with unenlightened minds (those attached to sensual experience and unable to realize the true nature of the Self (ātman)). Written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy.

Notes

Title from colophon (f. 7v).
Written in 14-15 lines per leaf.
7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
Scribe is Govinda Devadhara, son of Viśvanātha Devadhara (f. 7v).

Extent

1 item (7 leaves) : 11 x 21 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti prabodhasudhākare saguṇanirguṇayoraikyaprakaraṇaṃ // prakaraṇeṃ 18 śloka 234 saṃpūrṇaṃ // devadharaṃ upanāmakaṃ viśvanāthasya sunugoviṃdena likhitaṃ // (f. 7v).

Subjects topical

Senses and sensation--Religious aspects--Hinduism
Ātman
Self (Philosophy)
Advaita
Vedanta
Hindu philosophy
Philosophy, Indic

Genres

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

Licenses

Text

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URL

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Text

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URL

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