Siddhāntabindu, circa 1650-1799; सिद्धान्तबिन्दु,१६५०-१७९९

Name:

Madhusūdana Sarasvatī

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary on Śaṅkarācārya's Daśaslokī, written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta branch of philosophy with emphasis on the devotional path (bhakti) towards knowledge of the absolute or brahman without qualities (nirguṇa brahman).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Śaṅkarācārya. Daśaslokī; Bhakti; Brahman; Advaita; Vedanta; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (41 leaves) : paper; 11 x 20 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 41v).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 41 leaves foliated 1-41, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryavaryaviśveśvarasarasvatīpūjyapādaśiṣyaśrīmadhusūdanasarasvatīviracitaḥ siddhāṃtabi[ṃ]duḥ // (41 r).; Mistakes blacked out; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red through the first part of the manuscript; vertical margins marked with double black lines.; Watermarks bearing the date of 1836 and a crest of a seated Britannia throughout the manuscript.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1123

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts