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Title

Aṣṭāvakra
अष्टावक्र

Authors

• Aṣṭāvakra

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 813
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962294853503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/881830351
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6229485

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a philosophical work expounding on Vedānta (end of the Vedas), possibly by a follower of Śaṅkarācārya, the proponent of Advaita Vedanta school. The work is presented as a conversation between figures from well known Hindu epic mythology and in particular aligns itself with its own vision of the teachings of the Bhagavadgītā. The main text of the manuscript has a commentary running parallel above and below the main text and is attributed to Viśveśvara (f. 57r).

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 57r); title of commentary, Aṣṭāvakradipikā, from end title page (f. 57r); alternate title for commentary, Ātmānubhavaprakaraṇa, supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 8-11 lines per leaf.
   
• 56 leaves foliated 1-24, 26-57], upper left and lower right verso; folios 43-57 written in modern pencil.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   

Extent

1 item (56 leaves) : 11 x 24 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: ity aṣṭāvakraṃ samāptaṃ (f. 57r).

Subjects topical

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

Genres

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

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