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Title

Vākyārthabodha
वाक्यार्थबोध

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 550
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9959839773503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/854580109
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5983977

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a collection of philosophical dialogues, disputes, and arguments on a variety of theological topics, highlighting the Vedanta perspective, but drawing on common Vedic sources such as the Yajurveda.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 58v); alternate title Mahāvākyārthaprabodha from front title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 12 lines per leaf.
   
• 58 leaves foliated 1-58, 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 triple red line.
   

Extent

1 item (58 leaves) : 17 x 34 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti vākyārthabodhaḥ samāptāḥ // śubham astu // (f. 58r).

Subjects topical

• Vedanta
• Hindu philosophy
• Indian philosophy

Genres

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

Licenses

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