Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1016: Vedāntaśikhāmaṇi University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1016: Vedāntaśikhāmaṇi 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. 173r). Written in 9 lines per leaf. 173 leaves foliated 1-173, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins, some in a second scribal hand; 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 1016 9963140263503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/897386784 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6314026 Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise whose title is translated as The crest-jewel of Vedānta, which gives an overview, synthesis, and highlights of Vedānta philosophy, written from the Advāita (non-dual) system of philosophy. In Sanskrit Vedāntaśikhāmaṇi वेदान्तशिखामणि Rāmakr̥ṣṇādhvarin, active 17th century Colophon: iti śrīmadharmarājādhvarIṃdrātmajarāmakṛṣṇādhvariviracitte vedāṃtaśikhāmaṇau aṣṭamaṃparicchedaḥ // samāptaścāyaṃ graṃthaḥ śrīkāsiviśveśvarārpaṇam astu (f. 173r).

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 1 item (173 leaves) : 13 x 28 cm Advaita Vedanta Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century