Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a philosophical treatise on the state of realization known as jīvanmukti, when a human being is released from this world (saṃsāra) while still living in it through the ideal of non-attachment; a kind of Hindu enlightenment or salvation, often referred to as mokṣa (release). Treatise is written from the perspective of the medieval Vedānta school of philosophy.
Title from colophon (f. 66v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 67 leaves foliated 1-67, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrījīvanmuktivivekavidyāraṇyakṛtasamaptiṃ tat sadbrahmārpaṇam astu // (f. 66r).; Scribe is Nārāyaṇa Sānā (f. 66v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Date śaka 1766 (1844) (f. 66v); Watermarks bearing the date of 1841 as well as a crest containing a standing lion or mythical creature holding a scepter.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1089
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