Īśāvāsyabhāṣya, circa 1700-1850; इशावास्यभाष्य,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Śaṅkarācārya

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary from the perspective of Advaita Vedānta school of philosophy. The manuscript is a commentary on a late Vedic work, the Īśopaniṣad, and is also a poem, employing Hindu mantras and exploring the meaning and nature of the highest disembodied Lord, referred to as Īśvara; there is an unidentified super-commentary, running horizontally, above and below the main text.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Advaita; Vedanta; Hindu mantras; Hindu gods; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (18 leaves) : paper; 12 x 25 cm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 11-14 lines per leaf.; 18 leaves foliated 1-18, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmadgoviṃdabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyeṇa śrīśaṃkarācāryeṇa kṛtam īśāvāsyabhāṣyaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 18r).; Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant words, characters, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts