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Title

Authors

• Śaṅkarānanda, active 1290

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962426113503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/884825983
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6242611

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Language

Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (dīpikā) from the perspective of Advaita Vedānta on the Praśnopaniṣad, a late Vedic work that addresses early concepts of the Self (ātman) and poses a series of questions (praśna) and answers between students and their teacher. In the process the work addresses and offers an interpretation of early social and ritual action.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 30v); alternate title Praśnopaniṣadvyākhyā from original sale wrapper.
   
• Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
   
• 30 leaves foliated 1-30, lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Hinduism--Examinations, questions, etc
• Self (Philosophy)
• Ātman
• Advaita
• Vedanta
• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic

Genres

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

Licenses

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