Vedāntasāraṭīkā, circa 1700-1850; वेदान्तसारटीका,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Bhaṭṭa, Yajñeśvara, active 19th century (former owner)

Name:

Nr̥siṃhāśrama

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is an extensive commentary (tīkā) on the short philosophical treatise called the Vedāntasāra by Sadānanda Yogīndra, considered a summary or essence (sāra) of Vedic knowledge from a Vedānta perspective and presented as a discourse between the Hindu deities Śiva and Pārvatī. Manuscript also contains Sadānanda Yogīndra's root text running with two or three lines of text between the elaborate commentary.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Yajñeśvarabhaṭṭa (f. 1r).

Subject:

Sadānanda Yogīndra. Vedāntasāra; Vedanta; Advaita; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic; Siva (Hindu deity); Parvati (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Dialogues; Treatises; Commentaries; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (52 leaves) : paper; 13 x 28 cm

Notes:

Also referred to as Nṛsiṃha Sarasvatī or Nṛsiṃhasarasvatī.; Title from end page (f. 52r).; Written in 9-12 lines per leaf.; 52 leaves foliated 1-52, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti vedāṃtasārarṭīkāsametasamāptaḥ // (f. 52v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with triple red line.; Includes single wooden board cover (broken) with importer stickers; one bears the name: A. C. Gumpert, Bombay, Sole Importer; the other two have: The Celebrated Shudehill Match, J. Fryer Manchester along with a crest of a lion; a University of Pennsylvania Library ink stamp was put on every sticker when procured.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts