Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 878: Praśnopaniṣaddīpikā University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 878: Praśnopaniṣaddīpikā 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. 30v); alternate title Praśnopaniṣadvyākhyā from original sale wrapper. Written in 8-9 lines per leaf. 30 leaves foliated 1-30, lower right verso. Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 878 9962426113503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/884825983 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6242611 Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (dīpikā) from the perspective of Advaita Vedānta on the Praśnopaniṣad, a late Vedic work that addresses early concepts of the Self (ātman) and poses a series of questions (praśna) and answers between students and their teacher. In the process the work addresses and offers an interpretation of early social and ritual action. In Sanskrit Praśnopaniṣaddīpikā प्रश्नोपनिषद्भाष्य Śaṅkarānanda, active 1290 Colophon: ity ānaṃdātmapūjyaṃ pādādīkṣyasya śrīśaṃkarānaṃdabhagavataḥ kṛtaupraśnopaniṣaddīp[ikā] (f. 30v).

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 1 item (30 leaves) : 12 x 26 cm Hinduism--Examinations, questions, etc Self (Philosophy) Ātman Advaita Vedanta Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Commentaries Treatises Dialogues Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century