Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1077: Pratyaktatvaviveka University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1077: Pratyaktatvaviveka 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 end title page (f. 23v); title of commentary, Tattvavivekaprakaraṇa, supplied by cataloger. Written in 6-10 lines per leaf. 23 leaves foliated 1-23, upper left and lower right verso. Manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript that included Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1078. Watermarks of some kind of crest. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1077 9963317653503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/900084344 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6331765 Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise, part of a work called the Fifteen chapters (Pañcadaśī) that focuses on different expressions of ultimate reality (being, consciousness, and bliss) and is drawn from the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy. Manuscript also contains an extensive commentary, the Tattvavivekaprakaraṇa, by Rāmakṛṣṇa. In Sanskrit Pratyaktatvaviveka प्रत्यक्तत्वविवेक Mādhava, -1386 Rāmakr̥ṣṇa Colophon: iti śrīmat paramahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmatbhāratītīrthavidyāraṇyamunikiṃ kareṇa viracitātatvavivekapadadIpikāsamāptā // śrīsāṃbasadāśivārpaṇam astu // śrīrastu // (f. 23r).

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 1 item (23 leaves) : 11 x 31 cm Advaita Vedanta Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Commentaries Treatises Watermarks Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century