Pañcadaśī, circa 1700-1850; पञ्चदशी,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Mādhava, -1386; Rāmakr̥ṣṇa, active 14th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise, likely by Mādhava, from the perspective of the dualist branch (dvaita) of the Vedānta school. Work contains an extensive commentary called the Mahāvākyaviveka, running parallel above and below the main text, written by Rāmakṛṣṇa. Floral pattern on front cover of manuscript (f. 1r).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vedanta; Dualism; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Treatises; Drawings (visual works); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (6 leaves) : paper; 12 x 25 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from marginal abbreviations throughout; title of commentary Mahāvākyaviveka from colophon (f. 6r).; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācārya śībhāratītīrthavidyāraṇyamunivaryakiṃkareṇa rāmakṛṣṇākyaviduṣāviracitā mahāvākyavivekavyāravyā samāptā // oṃ tat sat // (f. 6r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; margins marked with quadruple red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts