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

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962765563503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/891751439
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6276556

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Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a kind of early Hindu philosophical treatise that examines the nature of existence through aphorisms, the Great sayings (mahāvakyas), by means of the use of mantras. This collection is likely a medieval work, edited by followers of Advaita Vedānta, for the purpose of providing an overview or essence of that school of philosophy.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 2v).
   
• Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
   
• 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

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

Genres

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

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