Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise, part of a work called the Fifteen chapters (Pañcadaśī) that focuses on different expressions of ultimate reality (being, consciousness, and bliss) and is drawn from the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy. Manuscript also contains an extensive commentary, the Tattvavivekaprakaraṇa, by Rāmakṛṣṇa, running above and below the root text.
Title from incipit (f. 1v); commentary title Tātparyabodhinī supplied by cataloger; alternate commentary titles Pañcadaśīprakāśikā and Tattvavivekaprakaraṇa supplied by cataloger.; Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.; 12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti tattvavivekaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 12r).; Manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript that includes Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1080, Item 1081, Item 1082, Item 1083, and Item 1084.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line; title page has decorative border drawn free-hand in red ink around the title (f. 1r).; Watermarks of a floral crest as well as another with initials, possibly, M.C.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390
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