Pañcīkaraṇavārttika, circa 1700-1850; पञ्चीकरणवार्त्तिक,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Sureśvarācārya

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise written from the perspective of the Advaita Vedānta school of philosophy. The work is a super-commentary (vārttika) on the Pañcīkaraṇa by Śaṅkarācārya. Work describes the stages of cosmic evolution, the role of the mantra Oṃ, as well as the place of the Self and its realization within that process of evolution.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Śaṅkarācārya. Pañcīkaraṇa; Hindu cosmology; Hindu mantras; Om; Evolution -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Self (Philosophy); Advaita; Vedanta; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Commentaries; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (9 leaves) : paper; 12 x 23 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8v).; Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.; 9 leaves foliated [i], 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryapūjyapādaśiṣyaśrīsuraścarācāryaviracitapaṃcīkaraṇavārtikaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 8v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double purple line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts