Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2457 Manīṣāpañcaka / मनीषापञ्चक
Title
Manīṣāpañcakaमनीषापञ्चक
Authors
- Śaṅkarācārya
Call number
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2457(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9973857663503681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/968131564
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7385766
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
In SanskritSummary
Apocryphal story and didactic poem about the meeting of the Advaita Vedāntan sage Śaṅkarācārya with an untouchable (dalit) man who turns out to be the Hindu god Śiva and their ensuing conversation about the nature of the Self, the body, and caste.
Notes
- Title from colophon (f. 2v).
- Written in 10 lines per leaf.
- 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
- Watermark of a partial coat of arms.
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant numbers, words, and phrases highlighted in red.
Extent
1 item (2 leaves) : 11 x 15 cmSupport
PaperColophon
Colophon: iti śrīmacchaṃkarācāryaviracitāmanīṣāpaṃcakaṃ samāptā // (f. 2r).Subjects topical
- Siva (Hindu deity)
- Advaita
- Vedanta
- Hindu philosophy
- Philosophy, Indic
Genres
- Treatises
- Poems
- Watermarks
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
- Manuscripts--India--18th century
- Manuscripts--India--19th century
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