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Title

Sāṃkhyapravacanasūtravṛtti
सांख्यप्रवचनसूत्रवृत्ति

Authors

• Aniruddha, active 15th century

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1918
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9969725943503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/949266434
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6972594

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is a treatise and commentary used for consultation and study dealing with an early branch of Hindu philosophy (both Yoga and Sāṃkhya). The work is a commentary on the Sāṃkhyapravacana by Patañjali, also author of the Yogasūtra.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 44v).
   
• Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.
   
• 45 leaves foliated 1-45, 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.
   
• Watermark of a horse or pony and the initials of the name of a company ending with a G.
   

Extent

1 item (45 leaves) : 14 x 30 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīkapilasāṃkhyapravacanasūtrapravṛttau ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 44v).

Subjects topical

• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic
• Sankhya
• Yoga

Genres

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

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