Vākyavṛtti, circa 1700-1850; वाक्यवृत्ति,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Śaṅkarācārya

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript 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.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu mantras; Advaita; Vedanta; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).; Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaviracitaṃ vākyavṛttiḥ samāptā // (f. 2v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts