Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1042: Brahmānanda. University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1042: Brahmānanda. 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. 11r); commentary title Tātparyabodhinī supplied by cataloger; alternate commentary title Pañcadaśīprakāśikā supplied by cataloger. Written in 11-12 lines per leaf. 11 leaves foliated 1-11, 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 1040, Item 1041, 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 1042 9963172723503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/897832504 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6317272 Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on Hindu philosophy whose title is translated as Bliss of the brahman, title of its second section translated as the Bliss of the self; 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 Brahmānanda. ब्रह्मानन्द Mādhava, -1386 Rāmakr̥ṣṇa Rāmakr̥ṣṇa scribe Nārāyaṇa former owner Raṅganātha Marāṭhe (Son of Mayūreśvara) Colophon: iti ātmānaṃdavyākhyānaṃtātparyadīpikākhyānaṃnāmadvitīyo ['dhyāyaḥ] // (f. 11r).

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 1 item (11 leaves) : 14 x 32 cm Formerly owned by Raṅganātha Marāṭhe, son of Mayūreśvara (colophon of Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1045, f. 3r). Self (Philosophy) Advaita Vedanta Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Commentaries Watermarks Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--19th century