Īśāvāsyabhāṣya, circa 1700-1850; इशावास्यभाष्य,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Śaṅkarācārya

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and recitation and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary from the perspective of Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy. The manuscript is a commentary on a late Vedic work, the Īśopaniṣad, and is also a poem, employing Hindu mantras and exploring the meaning and nature of the highest disembodied Lord, referred to as Īśvara; an unidentified super-commentary runs horizontally above and below the main text.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Advaita; Vedanta; Hindu mantras; Hindu gods; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Commentaries; Poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (15 leaves) : paper; 18 x 32 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 15r).; Written in 12-15 lines per leaf.; 15 leaves foliated 1-15, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmadgoviṃdabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyeṇa śrīśaṃkarācāryeṇa kṛtam īśāvāsyabhāṣyaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 15r).; 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. Some folios are treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect the manuscript from insects.; Manuscript is written by the same hand as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1153.; Manuscript has paper cover comprised of newsprint and note paper with various notes and printed texts on outer and inner parts.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts