Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 570: Praśnottararatnamālā University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 570: Praśnottararatnamālā 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); alternate title Praśnottararatnamālika from opening verse (f. 1r); second alternate title Praśnottaramālika from incipit (f. 1r). Written in 7 lines per leaf. 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 570 9959998993503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/857167712 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5999899 Manuscript used for public or private recitation, prayer, and contemplation. The title means: Garland of jewels in the form of questions and answers, and is written in poetic verse, but asks large religious and philosophical questions about the nature of the world and one's place in it; raises issues such as the cycle of life and death and one's ultimate release from it, especially if one recites the poem. Contains a praise of teachers (gurus). In Sanskrit Praśnottararatnamālā प्रश्नोत्तररत्नमाला Śaṅkarācārya Colophon: iti śrīśaṃkarācāryaviracitāpraśnottararatnamālikāsamāptā // śrīśaṃka (f. 4v).

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 1 item (4 leaves) : 13 x 25 cm Devotional literature, Sanskrit Hindu hymns, Sanskrit Gurus Poems Prayers Hymns Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century