Saṃkṣepaśārīraka. Adhyāya 2, circa 1700-1850.
Abstract:
Manuscript is used for contemplation, study and recitation and is a reworking, in verse, of Śaṅkarācārya's foundational philosophical commentary on the Brahmāsūtras, known as the Śārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣya, one of the cornerstones of the Hindu philosophical system known as Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta. Manuscript contains the first section of the large work as well as including a running commentary, horizontally above and below the main text, called the Saṃkṣepaśārīrakasārasaṃgraha by Madhusūdana Sarasvatī.
Title from colophon (f. 78v).; Manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript along with Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1004, Item 1006, and Item 1007.; Colophon: iti śrīsarvajñāsa[mahā]muniviracite saṃkṣepaśārīrake virodhalakṣaṇaṃ dvitīyodhyāyaḥ // (f. 78v).; Written in 7-17 lines per leaf.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Machine-made paper with watermarks through many folios of the manuscript, the watermark is a crest with a crown and some wording as well as a crest with some vegetation (?) and an animal of some kind.; 78 leaves foliated 1-78, lower right verso; also foliated 169-246, upper left verso, which indicates its placement within a larger manuscript.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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