Manīṣāpañcaka, circa 1700-1850; मनीषापञ्चक,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Śaṅkarācārya (attributed name)

Date:

1700

Description:

Apocryphal story and didactic poem about the meeting of the Advaita Vedāntan sage Śaṅkarācārya with an untouchable (dalit) man who turns out to be the Hindu god Śiva and their ensuing conversation about the nature of the Self, the body, and caste. Begins with what is the third verse of the text in other manuscript copies (for example, Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1265).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Siva (Hindu deity); Hindu mythology; Self (Philosophy); Caste; Human body -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Advaita; Vedanta; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 12 x 20 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Text frequently attributed to Śaṅkarācārya, though probably written by a follower.; Title from colophon (f. 2r-2v).; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparibrājakācāryaviracitaṃ manīṣāpaṃcakaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 2r-2v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts