Vividiṣasaṃnyāsa vidvatsaṃnyāsa, circa 1700-1850; विविदिषसंन्यास विद्वत्संन्यास, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Philosophical treatise on those who follow a path of ascetic renunciation called saṃnyāsa. The work identifies two types of saṃnyāsa: the first dealing with liberation of the Self (mokṣa) after death, vividiṣasaṃnyāsa or renunciation of the seeker, and the second with the liberation of the Self while living (also known as jīvanmukti), vidvatsaṃnyāsa or renunciation of the knower.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Mokṣa; Self (Philosophy); Asceticism -- Hinduism; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (60 leaves) : paper; 14 x 25 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 10-13 lines per leaf.; 60 leaves foliated 1-60, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line.; Watermarks throughout, bearing a crest with crown.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1244

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts