Laghuvākyavṛtti and Śvetāśvetaropaniṣad, circa 1700-1850

Name:

Śaṅkarācārya

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study. The first part is a short Hindu philosophical treatise summarizing the tenets of the Advaita (non-dual) branch of the Vedanta school; the second part is a late Vedic work that focuses on the centrality of the Vedic god Rudra, an early form of the Hindu deity Śiva and is important to the development of Śaivism.; Laghuvākyavṛtti (f. 1r-2r) -- Śvetāśvetaropaniṣad (f. 2r-3v).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Śaivism; Rudra (Hindu deity); Advaita; Vedanta; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 11 x 22 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.; Written in 10-13 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated [1-3], lower right recto, in modern pencil.; Internal colophon: iti laghuvākyavṛttiḥ samāptā // (f. 2r).; Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts