Ātmabodhaṭīkā, circa 1700-1850; आत्मबोधटीका,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Śaṅkarācārya; Śaṅkarācārya

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a philosophical commentary (ṭīkā) on a work known as the Ātmabhoda, Knowledge of the Self, a summary of Vedānta doctrine, possibly derived from verses of the Atharvaveda, but often attributed to Śaṅkarācārya himself. The commentary is written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy and is written parallel to, above and below, the root text.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Self (Philosophy); Advaita; Vedanta; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Commentaries; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (13 leaves) : paper; 11 x 32cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title of commentary from colophon (f. 13v); title of root text assigned by cataloger.; Written in 8-12 lines per leaf.; 13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīsaṃkarācāryaviracitā ātmabodhaṭīkā samāptā (f. 13).; Mistakes covered in yellow or crossed out; corrections and addition in margins; significant phrases highlighted in red at beginning of text.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts