Pratyaktatvaviveka, circa 1700-1850; प्रत्यक्तत्वविवेक,१७००-१८५०
Name:
Mādhava, -1386; Rāmakr̥ṣṇa
Date:
1700
Description:
Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise, part of a work called the Fifteen chapters (Pañcadaśī) that focuses on different expressions of ultimate reality (being, consciousness, and bliss) and is drawn from the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy. Manuscript also contains an extensive commentary, the Tattvavivekaprakaraṇa, by Rāmakṛṣṇa.
Title from end title page (f. 23v); title of commentary, Tattvavivekaprakaraṇa, supplied by cataloger.; Written in 6-10 lines per leaf.; 23 leaves foliated 1-23, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmat paramahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmatbhāratītīrthavidyāraṇyamunikiṃ kareṇa viracitātatvavivekapadadIpikāsamāptā // śrīsāṃbasadāśivārpaṇam astu // śrīrastu // (f. 23r).; Manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript that included Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1078.; Watermarks of some kind of crest.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390
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