Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1001: Tattvavivekadīpana University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1001: Tattvavivekadīpana are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from colophon (f. 85v). Written in 13-14 lines per leaf. 86 leaves foliated 1-86, lower right verso; Part 2 (f. 56-86) is also foliated 1-30, upper right verso. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1001 9962986493503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/895003351 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6298649 Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise as well as a commentary (dīpana) known as, the Light of truth investigation, by Nārāyaṇāśrama on his own work Tattvaviveka, also referred to as the Vedāntatattvaviveka. The work is related to the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy. In Sanskrit Tattvavivekadīpana तत्त्वविवेकदीपन Nr̥siṃhāśrama former owner Gāḍagīla, Janārdana Koṇḍadeva Colophon: iti śrīmadvedāṃtasiddhāṃtasārābhijñaśrīmannṛsiṃhāśramamunipraṇīte tattvavivekadīpane dvitīyaparicchedaḥ aṃdhridvaṃdvasamāśrayaḥ kṛtijagannāthāśramaśrīguror nā[?]āta[?]vivekadīpanam iti śrīmṛnnṛsiṃhāśramaḥ // abdebāṇaviyadraseṃdragaṇiteṣauṣedaśamyāṃtithauśītāṃśaunaīanāmanī -- puregraṃthaṃmudāvīkarat // samāpto 'yaṃ dvitīyaḥ parichedaḥ // (f. 85v).

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 1 item (86 leaves) : 12 x 31 cm Formerly owned by Janārdan Koṇḍadeva (f. 85v). This owner is from the village of Gāḍagī (or Gāḍgīlāya), possibly in present day Jarakhand, India; the item is written by the same scribe as Item 845, Item 930, Item 931, Item 932, Item 934, Item 1002, Item 1003, and Item 2387. Advaita Vedanta Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Commentaries Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century