Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on Hindu philosophy from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy; it explores and analyzes the worldly experience of the senses and its inferiority to the experience or joy of the abstract principle of the brahman; work contains part of an extensive commentary called the Tātparyabodhinī by Rāmakṛṣṇa running parallel, above and below, the main root text.
Title from title page (f. 7r); commentary title Tātparyabodhinī supplied by cataloger; alternate commentary title Pañcadaśīprakāśikā supplied by cataloger.; Written in 5-7 lines per leaf.; 7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmatparamaha[ṃ]saparivrājakācāryaśrībhāratītīrthavidyāraṇyamunivaryakiṃkareṇa thīrāmakṛṣṇākhaviduṣāviracite brahmānaṃde viṣayānaṃdo nāmapaṃcamodhyāyaḥ iti paṃcadaṣotamaprakaraṇaṃ sa[ṃ]pūrṇaṃ śubham astuśa[ṃ]vat 1843 vaiśākhakṛṣṇa 1 bhaguvāsare likhyataṃ (f. 7r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Dated saṃvat 1843 (1786) (f. 7r).; Scribe is Bhaguvāsara (f. 7r).; Manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript that was copied by two or three scribal hands and includes Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1046, Item 1047, Item 1048, Item 1049, and Item 1051.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1050
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