Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1014: Pañcakośaviveka University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1014: Pañcakośaviveka 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 marginal abbreviations; title of commentary, Pañcakośavyākhyā, from colophon (f. 7v). Written in 12-14 lines per leaf. 7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso. Colophon (commentary): iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryabhāratī tīrthavidyāraṇyamunivarya kiṃ kareṇa rāmakṛṣṇākhyena viduṣāviracitā paṃcakośavyākhyā samāptā // (f. 7r) Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; 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 1014 9963024303503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/895786862 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6302430 Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise, part of a work called the Fifteen chapters (Pañcadaśī) that focuses on different aspects, concepts, and ideas drawn from the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy. The particular section of the manuscript, the Pañcakośaviveka, is an examination of the Five sheaths (Pañcakośa) or outer layers of the body. The manuscript also contains an extensive commentary, the Pañcakośavyākhyā, by Rāmakṛṣṇa. In Sanskrit Pañcakośaviveka पञ्चकोशविवेक Mādhava, -1386 Rāmakr̥ṣṇa Colophon (commentary): iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryabhāratī tīrthavidyāraṇyamunivarya kiṃ kareṇa rāmakṛṣṇākhyena viduṣāviracitā paṃcakośavyākhyā samāptā // (f. 7r)

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 1 item (7 leaves) : 14 x 34 cm Human body--Religious aspects--Hinduism Advaita Vedanta Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Commentaries Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century