Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 914: Taittirīyakabhāṣyaṭīkā University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 914: Taittirīyakabhāṣyaṭīkā 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. 10r); alternate title Taittirīyopaniṣadbhāṣyaṭīkā supplied by cataloger; second alternate title Taittirīyopaniṣacchikṣābhāṣyaṭīkā from title page (f. 1r). Scribe is Govinda Brahma, son of Khaṇḍabhaṭṭa Brahma, of the sacred pilgrimage center of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) (f. 10r); also scribe of Ms. Coll. 390, Item 915. Written in 11-12 lines per leaf. 10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso. Dated saṃvat 1860 (1803) (f. 10r). Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 914 9962533323503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/888077582 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6253332 Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a medieval Hindu philosophical treatise and sub-commentary on the Taittirīyopaniṣad, exploring themes of the universal Self and its relationship to the underlying principles of existence such as the abstract concept of the brahman. Text comprises the first chapter of the commentary and is written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy. In Sanskrit Taittirīyakabhāṣyaṭīkā तैत्तिरीयकभाष्यटीका Ānandagiri, active 13th century scribe Govinda Brahma (Son of Khaṇḍabhaṭṭa Brahma) Colophon: iti śrīparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmadānaṃdasarasvativiracitāyāṃ taittarīyakabhāṣyaṭīkāyāṃ prathamodhyāya // 1 // (f. 10).

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 1 item (10 leaves) : 12 x 31 cm Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Vedanta Advaita Commentaries Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--19th century