Vivaraṇatattvadīpaṇa. Varṇaka 3, circa 1700-1850; विवरणतत्त्वदीपण.वर्णक ३,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Aditya Bahadur Dinha, Mahārāja (former owner)

Name:

Akhaṇḍānanda, Muni

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and super-commentary written from the perspective of, and reflecting on, the doctrine of the Vivaraṇa branch of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy, which seeks to explain the root cause of ignorance (avidyā).

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Formerly owned by H.H. Maharaja Aditya Bahadur Dinha, L.C.S.I, who lived in Ramnagar (a district of the well known Hindu pilgrimage center of Varāṇasī) (from particle board supporting Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1021, at the time of sale).

Subject:

Advaita; Vedanta; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (50 leaves) : paper; 12 x 28 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 50r).; Written in 13 lines per leaf.; 50 leaves foliated 1-50, lower right verso, second foliation from place in larger manuscript foliated 215-262, 262-263, upper left verso, in original and second scribal hand.; Colophon: iti śrīmatpara[ma]haṃsaparivrājakācāryākhaṃḍānubhūtipūjyapādaśiṣyeṇākhaṃḍānadamunināviracite vivaraṇatatvadīpane tṛtīpavarṇakaṃ samāptam // (f. 50r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins, some of it in a second scribal hand; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Manuscript was part of a larger work that included Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1018, Item 1019, Item 1021, Item 1022, Item 1023, Item 1024, and Item 1025.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts