Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1137: Vākyasudhā University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1137: 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 ©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. 3v). Written in 11 lines per leaf. 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins some of which are in a second scribal hand. Watermarks bearing a floral pattern as well as an illegible name, likely of the paper company, ending with STA. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1137 9963242993503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/898497412 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6324299 Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation; contains a short philosophical synopsis highlighting the main teachings of Śaṅkarācārya. The work 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. In Sanskrit Vākyasudhā वाक्यसुधा Śaṅkarācārya Colophon: iti śrīvākyasudhā samāptā (f. 3v).

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 1 item (3 leaves) : 11 x 21 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