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Title

Kārtikāsāra
कार्तिकासार

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 933
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962591993503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/889875000
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6259199

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-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy. This works intends to give a summary or the essence (sāra) of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka, an ancient text dedicated to Vedic rituals and their interpretation.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 225).
   
• Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 177 leaves foliated 49-225, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated śaka 1714 (1792) (f. 225v).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   
• Watermarks on machine-made paper; on some folios are some kind of domestic animal such as a cow or goat; on others possibly a figure riding a horse.
   

Extent

1 item (177 leaves) : 11 x 30 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti kārtikāsāre ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ yājñavalkyakāṃḍaṃ samāptaṃ // śake 1714 paridhāvīmārgaśīrṣaśuddhapratipadisamāptaṃ (f. 225v).

Subjects topical

• Advaita
• Vedanta
• Philosophy, Indic
• Hindu philosophy
• Rites and ceremonies--India

Genres

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

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