Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1089: Jīvanmuktiviveka University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1089: Jīvanmuktiviveka 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. 66v). Written in 9 lines per leaf. 67 leaves foliated 1-67, upper left and lower right verso. Scribe is Nārāyaṇa Sānā (f. 66v). Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Date śaka 1766 (1844) (f. 66v) Watermarks bearing the date of 1841 as well as a crest containing a standing lion or mythical creature holding a scepter. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1089 9963334823503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/900197054 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6333482 Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a philosophical treatise on the state of realization known as jīvanmukti, when a human being is released from this world (saṃsāra) while still living in it through the ideal of non-attachment; a kind of Hindu enlightenment or salvation, often referred to as mokṣa (release). Treatise is written from the perspective of the medieval Vedānta school of philosophy. In Sanskrit Jīvanmuktiviveka जीवन्मुक्तिविवेक Mādhava, -1386 scribe Nārāyaṇa Sānā Colophon: iti śrījīvanmuktivivekavidyāraṇyakṛtasamaptiṃ tat sadbrahmārpaṇam astu // (f. 66r).

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 1 item (67 leaves) : 11 x 34 cm Mokṣa Salvation--Hinduism Vedanta Advaita Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Watermarks Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--19th century