Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1114: Śāṇḍilyaśatasūtriyabhāṣya

Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1114: Śāṇḍilyaśatasūtriyabhāṣya University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1114: Śāṇḍilyaśatasūtriyabhāṣya 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 colophon (f. 59r). Written in 8 lines per leaf. 59 leaves foliated 1-59, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes blacked out; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with triple red line. Watermarks on blue, European paper, bearing the name Leonard M. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1114 9963335173503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/900197915 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6333517

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary reflecting on the nature of devotion (bhakti) and the different ways that one can be attached, such as blindly attached to family or consciously attached to the divine. The text suggests the means to become attached to the world while yet having attachment and devotion to God. The work is a commentary on the Bhaktisūtra by Śāṇḍilya and is considered a kind of devotional of faith-centered Mimāṃsa (Bhaktimimāṃsa), a development out of earlier schools of Mimāṃsa that focused on rites or knowledge (for example, Uttara Mimāṃsa, also known as Vedānta).

In Sanskrit Śāṇḍilyaśatasūtriyabhāṣya शाण्डिल्यशतसूत्रभाष्य Svapneśvara Colophon: iti śrīsvamneśvarācāryaviracite śāṃḍilyaśatasūtrīyabhāṣye tṛtīyādhyāyasya dvitīyamānhikaṃ samāptaścāyamadhyāyaḥ samāptāceyaṃtrilakṣaṇā bhaktimīmāṃsā (f. 59r).

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1 item (59 leaves) : 11 x 21 cm Bhakti Devotional literature, Sanskrit Vedanta Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Commentaries Treatises Watermarks Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century