Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1051: Bhūtaviveka University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1051: Bhūtaviveka 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 ©2018 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts 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 title page (f. 21r); commentary title Tātparyabodhinī supplied by cataloger; alternate commentary title Pañcadaśīprakāśikā supplied by cataloger. Written in 5-9 lines per leaf. 21 leaves foliated 1-21, upper left and lower right verso. Manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript that was copied by two or three scribal hands and includes Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1046, Item 1047, Item 1048, Item 1049, and Item 1050. Dated saṃvat 1843 (1786) (Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1050, f. 7v). Scribe is Bhaguvāsara (Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1050, f. 7r). Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some symbols, numbers, words, and phrases highlighted in red. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1051 9963174773503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/897837720 Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on Hindu philosophy from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy; it explores and analyzes the nature of the five elements (ether, air, fire, water and earth) and how they may be differentiated from the ultimate principle in the universe, the brahman; work contains part of an extensive commentary called the Tātparyabodhinī by Rāmakṛṣṇa running parallel, above and below, the main root text. In Sanskrit Bhūtaviveka भूतविवेक Mādhava, -1386 Rāmakr̥ṣṇa Rāmakr̥ṣṇa scribe Bhaguvāsara Colophon: iti bhūtavivekaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 21r).

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 1 item (21 leaves) : 13 x 32 cm Matter--Religious aspects--Hinduism--Early works to 1800 Advaita--Early works to 1800 Vedanta--Early works to 1800 Hindu philosophy--Early works to 1800 Philosophy, Indic--Early works to 1800 Treatises Commentaries Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century