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Title

Sāṃkhyatattvakaumudī
सांख्यतत्त्वकौमुदी

Authors

• Miśra, Vācaspati

Other related names

• Maisūrakara, Viśvanātha, scribe

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 745
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962195503503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/880975785
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6219550

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a commentary of the Sāṃkhyakārikā, a treatise on Sanskrit, Hindu, philosophy from the perspective of the Sāṃkya, one of the earliest schools of Indian philosophy. A kind of dualistic tradition (distinguishing between spirit and matter), it is intimately connected to the philosophy of yoga.

Notes

• Scribe is Viśvanātha Maisūrakara (f. 68r).
   
• Title from colophon (f. 68r).
   
• Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
   
• 68 leaves foliated 1-68, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1935 (1877) (f. 68r).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red.
   

Extent

1 item (68 leaves) : 10 x 18 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic
• Sankhya
• Dualism (Religion)--Hinduism
• Yoga

Genres

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

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