Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 828: Vedantasūtra
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Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
15 leaves foliated 1-15, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 828
9962294643503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/881829845
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6229464
Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on Indian philosophy from the Vedānta school. It is a foundational work for this branch of Hindu philosophy from the early medieval period and was highly influential on later medieval thinkers and beyond. Particular concern is given to the nature of the highest reality or absolute, the brahman.
In Sanskrit
Vedantasūtra
वेदन्तसूत्र
Bādarāyaṇa
paper
1 item (15 leaves) : 12 x 28 cm
Hindu philosophy
Philosophy, Indic
Vedanta
Brahman
Treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century