Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1096: Vākyasudhā University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1096: Vākyasudhā 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. 4r). Written in 14-15 lines per leaf. 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes blacked or crossed out; some corrections and additions in margins. Machine-made paper with two different watermarks, one a design of some kind, the other a small cross with the letters P and S in its center. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1096 9963186313503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/898029665 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6318631 Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise that highlights the main teachings of the medieval philosopher Śaṅkarācārya, presenting his ideas about perception of the Self (ātman) and its relationship to consciousness and the manifestation of emotions, desires and the like. Draws from his wealth of interpretive writings on the Upaniṣads, such as the phrase, You are that (tat tvam asi). The work is written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedanta school of philosophy. In Sanskrit Vākyasudhā वाक्यसुधा Śaṅkarācārya Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmacchaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ vākyasūdhāprakaraṇaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrīgopālakṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // (f. 4r).

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 1 item (4 leaves) : 11 x 32 cm Self (Philosophy) Advaita Vedanta Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Watermarks Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century