Māṇḍūkyopaniṣadbhāṣyaṭīkā, circa 1700-1850; माण्डूक्योपनिषद्भाष्यतीका, १७००-१८५०

Name:

Ānandagiri, active 13th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary (ṭīkā) on Śaṅkarācārya's Māṇḍūkyopaniṣadbhāṣya, itself a commentary (bhāṣya) on Gauḍapādācārya's Āgamaśāstra (also known as Gauḍapādakārikā), one of the foundational works of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Janārdana Koṇḍadeva (f. 39v). This owner is from the village of Gāḍagī (or Gāḍgīlāya) possibly in present day Jarakhand, India (f. 82v), and is written by the same scribe as Item 845, Item 931, Item 932, Item 934, and Item 2387.; Gāḍagīla, Janārdana Koṇḍadeva, former owner.

Subject:

Śaṅkarācārya. Māṇḍūkyopaniṣadbhāṣya; Gauḍapāda Ācārya. Gauḍapādakārikā; Advaita; Vedanta; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (83 leaves) : paper; 12 x 31 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Author referred to as Ānandajñāna in the manuscript (f. 82v).; Title from colophon (f. 82v).; Written in 13-15 lines per leaf.; 83 leaves foliated 1-82, [i], upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakāvāryaśrīśuddhānaṃdapūjyapādaśiṣyasya bhagavadānaṃdajñānakṛtāyāṃ guaḍapādīyabhāṣyaṭīkāyāṃ caturthaprakaraṇaṃ samāptaṃ // śrīrāmacaṃdrārpaṇam astu // 7 // śrīnārāyaṇārpaṇam astu // śrīrāma // jayarāmajayajayarāma // janārdanakoṃḍadevagāḍagīlayāṃce pustaka // śrīrāmacaṃdrāya namaḥ // (f. 82v).; 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 935

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts