Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1143: Vākyavṛtti University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1143: Vākyavṛtti 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. 4v). Written in 13-14 lines per leaf. 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant words and phrases, as well as verse numbers 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 1143 9963243783503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/898564780 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6324378 Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a short Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary on the Great saying (mahāvākya), particularly the phrase, You are that (tat tvam asi), often functioning as a mantra and derived from late Vedic upaniṣads. The work is written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedanta school of philosophy. In Sanskrit Vākyavṛtti वाक्यवृत्ति Śaṅkarācārya Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakāvāryaśrīmatśaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ vākyavṛttiprakaraṇaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // oṃ tat sat // (f. 4v).

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 1 item (4 leaves) : 13 x 16 cm Hindu mantras Advaita Vedanta Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Commentaries Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century