Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1136: Vākyasudhā University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1136: 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 ©2017 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 for manuscript from colophon of predominant work (f. 4v); title of second text Dvādaśajyotirliṅgāni from final colophon (f. 4v). Written in 9-11 lines per leaf. 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso. Internal colophon: iti vākyasudhā sa[maptā] (f. 4v). Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; machine-made paper is blue and beige. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1136 9963242973503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/898497428 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6324297 Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation; contains a short philosophical synopsis highlighting the main teachings of Śaṅkarācārya, as well as a short work of praise (stotra) to the Hindu deity Śiva attributed to the same author. The philosophical work (f. 1r-4v) presents ideas about perception of the Self (ātman) and its relationship to consciousness and the manifestation of emotions, desires and the like. It draws from a wealth of interpretive writings on the Upaniṣads, illuminating such well known phrases as, You are that (tat tvam asi). The work is written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedanta school of philosophy. The stotra (f. 4v) is dedicated to twelve different names of Śiva when he is manifest in his light form (jyotirliṅga), related to twelve pilgrimage sites on the South Asian sub-continent. In Sanskrit Vākyasudhā वाक्यसुधा Śaṅkarācārya

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 1 item (4 leaves) : 10 x 21 cm Self (Philosophy) Advaita Vedanta Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Devotional literature, Sanskrit Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages Siva (Hindu deity) Lingas (Śaivism) Śaivism Prayers Poems Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century