Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1179: Svātmānandaprakāśa University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1179: Svātmānandaprakāśa 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 from colophon (f. 6v). Written in 14-16 lines per leaf. 6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso. Dated śaka 1722 (1800) (f. 6v). Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; floral pattern on border of front cover in red and black (f. 1r). 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1179 9963506203503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/903130398 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6350620 Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise analyzing the nature of the self (ātman) and one of its aspects of pure happiness or joy (ānanda), from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy. In Sanskrit Svātmānandaprakāśa स्वात्मानन्दप्रकाश Śaṅkarācārya Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaviracitaṃ svātmānaṃdaprakāśakāryāḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 6v).

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 1 item (6 leaves) : 11 x 21 cm Decorated border, f. 1r Ātman Self (Philosophy) Advaita Vedanta Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Drawings (visual works) Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--19th century