Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1025: Vivaraṇatattvadīpaṇa. University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1025: Vivaraṇatattvadīpaṇa. 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. 38v). Written in 13 lines per leaf. 38 leaves foliated 1-38, lower right verso, second foliation from place in larger manuscript foliated 342-379, upper left verso, in original and second scribal hand. Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins, some of it in a second scribal hand; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Manuscript was part of a larger work that included Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1018, Item 1019, Item 1020, Item 1021, Item 1022, Item 1023, and Item 1024. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1025 9962994703503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/895057157 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6299470 Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and super-commentary written from the perspective of, and reflecting on the doctrine of, the Vivaraṇa branch of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy, which seeks to explain the root cause of ignorance (avidyā). In Sanskrit Vivaraṇatattvadīpaṇa. विवरणतत्त्वदीपण Akhaṇḍānanda, Muni former owner Aditya Bahadur Dinha, Mahārāja Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryākhaṇḍānubhūtipūjyapādaśiṣyeṇākhaṇḍānaṃdamuninā viracite vivaraṇatattvadīpane caturthasūtraṃ samāptam // (f. 38v).

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 1 item (38 leaves) : 12 x 28 cm Formerly owned by H.H. Maharaja Aditya Bahadur Dinha, L.C.S.I, who lived in Ramnagar (a district of the well known Hindu pilgrimage center of Varāṇasī) (from particle board supporting Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1021, at the time of sale). Advaita Vedanta Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Commentaries Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century