Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1079: Pratyaktatvaviveka University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1079: 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 ©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 incipit (f. 1v); commentary title Tātparyabodhinī supplied by cataloger; alternate commentary titles Pañcadaśīprakāśikā and Tattvavivekaprakaraṇa supplied by cataloger. Written in 11-13 lines per leaf. 12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso. Manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript that includes Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1080, Item 1081, Item 1082, Item 1083, and Item 1084. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line; title page has decorative border drawn free-hand in red ink around the title (f. 1r). Watermarks of a floral crest as well as another with initials, possibly, M.C. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1079 9963320113503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/900093053 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, running above and below the root text. In Sanskrit Pratyaktatvaviveka प्रत्यक्तत्वविवेक Mādhava, -1386 Rāmakr̥ṣṇa Rāmakr̥ṣṇa Rāmakr̥ṣṇa Colophon: iti tattvavivekaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 12r).

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 1 item (12 leaves) : 11 x 31 cm Decorated border, f. 1r Advaita Vedanta Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Commentaries Watermarks Drawings (visual works) Manuscripts, India--18th century Manuscripts, India--19th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century