Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1244: Vividiṣasaṃnyāsa vidvatsaṃnyāsa University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1244: Vividiṣasaṃnyāsa vidvatsaṃnyāsa 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 title page (f. 1r). Written in 10-13 lines per leaf. 60 leaves foliated 1-60, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line. Watermarks throughout, bearing a crest with crown. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1244 9963701823503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/904992812 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6370182 Philosophical treatise on those who follow a path of ascetic renunciation called saṃnyāsa. The work identifies two types of saṃnyāsa: the first dealing with liberation of the Self (mokṣa) after death, vividiṣasaṃnyāsa or renunciation of the seeker, and the second with the liberation of the Self while living (also known as jīvanmukti), vidvatsaṃnyāsa or renunciation of the knower. In Sanskrit Vividiṣasaṃnyāsa vidvatsaṃnyāsa विविदिषसंन्यास विद्वत्संन्यास

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 1 item (60 leaves) : 14 x 25 cm Mokṣa Self (Philosophy) Asceticism--Hinduism Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Treatises Watermarks Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century