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Title

Upaśamaprakaraṇa
उपशमप्रकरण

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2321
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9972316533503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/961831874
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7231653

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

A treatise on Advaita (non-dualism) philosophy that is distinct from Vedānta. Addresses the concept of dissolution (upaśama). It is a Kashmiri work and part of the Mokṣopāya. It became the basis of the Yogavāsiṣṭha, a work of Vedānta philosophy. An unidentified commentary runs horizontally above and below the root text. Manuscript is incomplete.

Notes

• Title from internal colophon (f. 3v).
   
• Written in 12-15 lines per leaf.
   
• 62 leaves foliated 1-62, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Internal colophon: iti śrīmokṣopāyeṣūpaśamaprakaraṇe prathamānhikavarṇanaḥ sargaḥ sargaḥ 1 (f. 3v).
   
• Dated after 1840 based on watermark.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Watermarks of Britannia; the name W. & J. Harris, Turkey Mill, 1839; and J. & J. Town, Turkey Mill, 1840.
   

Extent

1 item (62 leaves) : 21 x 33 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Advaita
• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic

Genres

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

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