Manuscript was used for contemplation and study and is a short Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary on the Great saying (mahāvākya), particularly the phrase, You are that (tat tvam asi), often functioning as a mantra and derived from late Vedic upaniṣads. The work is written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedanta school of philosophy.
Title from colophon (f. 8v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīśaṃkarācāryviracitaṃ samāpta[ḥ] // śrīśaṃkarārpaṇam astu // (f. 8v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1134
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