Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1040: Nāṭakadīpa University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1040: Nāṭakadīpa 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. 4r); commentary title Tātparyabodhinī supplied by cataloger; alternate commentary title Pañcadaśīprakāśikā supplied by cataloger. Written in 9-12 lines per leaf. 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left verso. Manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript along with Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1034, Item 1035, Item 1036, Item 1037, Item 1038, Item 1039, Item 1041, Item 1042, Item 1043, Item 1044, and Item 1045. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Watermarks on all folios, including a horse and various parts of words and letters. Dated śaka 1766 (1844) (Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1045, f. 3r). Scribe is Nārāyaṇa (Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1035, f. 3r). 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1040 9963172533503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/897831817 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6317253 Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on Hindu philosophy whose title is translated as Light on theater, written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy; work contains part of an extensive commentary called the Tātparyabodhinī by Rāmakṛṣṇa running parallel, above and below, the main root text. In Sanskrit Nāṭakadīpa ध्यानदीप Mādhava, -1386 Rāmakr̥ṣṇa Rāmakr̥ṣṇa scribe Nārāyaṇa former owner Raṅganātha Marāṭhe (Son of Mayūreśvara) Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrībhāratitīrthavidyāraṇyamunivaryakiṃkareṇa rāmakṛṣṇākhyaviduṣāviracitā nāṭakadīpākhyā samāptā // (f. 4v).

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 1 item (4 leaves) : 14 x 32 cm Formerly owned by Raṅganātha Marāṭhe, son of Mayūreśvara (Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1045, f. 3r). Theater--Religious aspects--Hinduism Advaita Vedanta Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Commentaries Watermarks Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--19th century