Svātmabodhaprakaraṇa, circa 1700-1850; स्वात्मबोधप्रकरण,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Śaṅkarācārya

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on the nature of the Self (Ātman) as the supreme principle in the universe. A commentary in a second scribal hand runs around the text in the four margins or above and below the main text.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Ātman; Self (Philosophy); Vedanta; Philosophy, Indic; Hindu philosophy

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper; 11 x 26 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8v).; Written in 14-15 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryagoviṃdabhagavatpūjyapāddaśrīmadśaṃkarācāryyaviracitaṃ svātmabodhaprakaraṇaṃ sa[?]kaṃ samāptaṃ // śubham astu // (f. 8v).; Mistakes covered over in orange or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, 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