Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962430833503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/884920958
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6243083

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Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dual) Vedānta school of Hindu philosophy. Work is sometimes attributed to the writer Śaṅkarācārya, though more likely written by one of his followers, and is considered to be an introductory summary that highlights the main features of Advaita Vedānta.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 5v).
   
• Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
   
• 5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; text written on blue, European paper.
   
• Raised imprint (embossed) of a crest on final folio (f. 5v)
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Advaita
• Vedanta
• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic

Genres

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

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