Prabodhasudhākara, 1799; प्रबोधसुधाकर,१७९९

Contributor:

Śaṅkarācārya (attributed name); Mahādeva Pāla (scribe)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1799

Description:

Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a treatise of Hindu philosophy written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dual) Vedānta) school; the work explores ideas about the nature of the body in relationship to the highest realities of the universe, the self and its relationship to the brahman (underlying universal principle).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Philosophy, Indic; Hindu philosophy; Brahman; Self (Philosophy); Human body -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Human body -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism -- Early works to 1800; Self (Philosophy) -- Early works to 1800; Brahman -- Early works to 1800; Advaita -- Early works to 1800; Advaita; Vedanta -- Early works to 1800; Vedanta; Hindu philosophy -- Early works to 1800; Philosophy, Indic -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (14 leaves) : paper; 12 x 22 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 13r-13v).; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; 14 leaves foliated 1-13, [i], upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryagoviṃdabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyaśrīśaṃkarācāryaviracitaprabodhasudhākare svarūpasthitirnāmapaṃcadaśaṃprakaraṇaṃ // (f. 13r-13v).; Dated śaka 1721 (1799) (f. 13v).; Scribe is Mahādeva Pāla (f. 13v).; Watermarks on European style paper, consisting of a crest and some broken text.; Mistakes covered over in yellow.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts