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Title

Tattvadīpana
तत्त्वदीपन

Authors

• Akhaṇḍānanda, Muni

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 812
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962431433503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/884922264
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6243143

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a super-commentary on the Pañcapādikāvivarana by Prakāśātma, itself a sub-commentary on Śaṅkarācārya's commentary, the Śārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣya, on the Brahmasūtra by Bādarāyaṇa, written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy. Manuscript is incomplete and lacks and ending.

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 18-19 lines per leaf.
   
• 40 leaves foliated 1-40, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or white, or they are blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   

Extent

1 item (40 leaves) : 11 x 25 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Advaita
• Vedanta
• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic
• Treatises

Genres

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

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