Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise written from the perspective of Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy; the work deals with an analysis of knowledge not derived from memory, but through sensory experience of the body.
India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh); Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)
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Notes:
Named both Vāmana (f. 1r) and Madhupavāmana (f. 12v) in the manuscript.; Title from colophon (f. 12v).; Written in 14-15 lines per leaf.; 12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmatsaccidānaṃdamukuṃdapādāraviṃdaṃdvaṃdvacinmakaraṃdalabdhānaṃdamano madhupavāmanaviracito 'nubhūtileśaḥ samāptaṃ // (f. 12v).; Dated śaka 1761 (1839) (f. 12v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant numbers, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Scribe is Rāmacandra Phāṭaka, who copied the text in the sacred Hindu pilgrimage center of Vārāṇasī at the Parāśareśvara temple dedicated to the god Śiva, where it meets the Asī river (f. 12v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 909
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