Advaitānanda, circa 1700-1850; अद्वैतानन्द,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Mādhava, -1386; Rāmakr̥ṣṇa

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise called the Advaitānanda or the Bliss (or ecstasy) of non-duality. It is part of a larger section, the Brahmānanda (Bliss of the Brahman), within a text called the Fifteen chapters (Pañcadaśī). This text focuses on different expressions of ultimate reality (being, consciousness, and bliss) and is drawn from the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy. Manuscript also contains an extensive commentary, the Tattvavivekaprakaraṇa, by Rāmakṛṣṇa, running above and below the root text.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vedanta; Advaita; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic; Ecstasy (Hinduism)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (13 leaves) : paper; 16 x 31 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 13v).; Written in 11-16 lines per leaf.; 13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrībhāratītīrthavidyāranyamunivarya kiṃ kareṇa śrīrāmakṛṣṇākhyaviḍaṣāviracite brahmānaṃde 'dvaitānaṃdonāmatṛtīyodhyāyaḥ // (f. 13v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts