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Title

Pañcapādikā
पञ्चपादिका, १७००-१८५०

Authors

• Padmapādācārya, active 8th century

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 907
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962523203503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/887818428
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6252320

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

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 philosophy. The work is a commentary on the Śārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣya (also known as the Brahmasūtrabhāṣya) by Śaṅkarācārya, the author's teacher, which is itself a commentary on the Brahmasūtra by Bādarāyaṇa.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 137v).
   
• Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
   
• 137 leaves foliated 1-137, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• 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 (137 leaves) : 14 x 26 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti paṃcapādikāsa[ṃ]pūrṇā // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // (f. 137v).

Subjects topical

• Advaita
• Vedanta
• Philosophy, Indic
• Hindu philosophy

Genres

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

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