Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1168: Siddhāntabindu
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Title from colophon (f. 18r).
Written in 11 lines per leaf.
18 leaves foliated 1-18, upper left and lower right verso.
Scribe is Bhānu (Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1165, f. 4r).
Dated saṃvat 1917 and śaka 1782 (1860) based on Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1169 (f. 100r), written by the same scribe.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Manuscript written by the same scribe as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1160, Item 1161, Item 1164, Item 1165, Item 1166, Item 1167, Item 1169, and Item 1172.
3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206.
University of Pennsylvania
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1168
9963567023503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/903652146
Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary on Śaṅkarācārya's Daśaslokī, written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta branch of philosophy with emphasis on the devotional path (bhakti) towards knowledge of the absolute or brahman without qualities (nirguṇa brahman).
In Sanskrit
Siddhāntabindu
सिद्धान्तबिन्दु
Madhusūdana Sarasvatī
scribe
Bhānu
Colophon: iti śrīmadhusūdanarasvatIviracitaḥ siddhāṃtaviṃduḥ samāpto 'yaṃ kṛṣṇārpaṇo 'stu // (f. 18r).
paper
1 item (18 leaves) : 13 x 35 cm
Bhakti
Brahman
Advaita
Vedanta
Hindu philosophy
Philosophy, Indic
Treatises
Commentaries
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century
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