Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1142: Vedāntaparibhāṣā University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1142: Vedāntaparibhāṣā 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. 19r); title of second work Vākyasudhā from incipit of second work (f. 19v). Written in 14-28 lines per leaf. 15 leaves foliated 1, 6-19, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant words and phrases as well as verse dividers, highlighted in red. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1142 9963335233503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/900198194 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6333523 Manuscript is used for contemplation and study, especially by students, and is a Hindu philosophical treatise on the essential doctrines of Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy, its epistemology and ontology. Manuscript also contains the beginning of Śaṅkarācārya's Vākyasudhā (f. 19v), a work that highlights some of the essential components of that philosopher's teachings. In Sanskrit Vedāntaparibhāṣā वेदान्तपरिभाषा Dharmarājādhvarīndra, active 17th century Śaṅkarācārya Colophon: iti śrīdharmarājādhvarīṃdraviracitāyāṃ vedāṃtaparibhāṣāyām aṣṭamaparicchedaḥ // (f. 19r).

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 1 item (15 leaves) : 16 x 21 cm Philosophy--Outlines, syllabi, etc Advaita Vedanta Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century