Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary on an early work called the Sāṃkhya kārikā, and considered an early work of the Vedānta school of philosophy though from a point of view of monism rather than non-dualism.
Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Gauḍapādabhāṣya supplied by cataloger.; Written in 8-12 lines per leaf.; 79 leaves foliated 1-78, [i], upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīgoviṃdabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya śrīśaṃkarabhagavataḥ kṛtāvāgamaśāstravivaraṇe ajātaśāṃkyākhyaṃ caturdhaprakaraṇaṃ saṃ[pūrṇam] // (f. 78r).; Dated saṃvat 1859 (1802) (f. 78r).; Scribe is Govinda Brahma who wrote the work in the city of Varāṇasī (Kāśī) (f. 78r); written with the same scribal hand as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 840, and is a companion to that work.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 852
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