Manīṣāpañcaka, circa 1700-1850; मनीषापञ्चक, १७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Śaṅkarācārya (attributed name)

Date:

1700

Description:

Apocryphal story and didactic poem about the meeting of the Advaita Vedāntan sage Śaṅkarācārya with an untouchable (dalit) man who turns out to be the Hindu god Śiva and their ensuing conversation about the nature of the Self, the body, and caste. Manuscript contains a commentary running above and below the root text.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Dalits; Caste; Self (Philosophy); Human body -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Advaita; Vedanta; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); commentaries; treatises; poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (7 leaves) : paper; 11 x 24 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 7r); title of commentary Madhumañjarī ṭIkā from colophon (f. 7r).; Written in 13 lines per leaf.; 7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmadgoviṃdabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyaśrīmacchaṃkarācāryakṛtamanīṣāpaṃcakasya madhumaṃjarī ṭIkā saṃpūrṇā // oṃ tat sat // śubhaṃ bhavatu // (f. 7r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1265

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts