Sāṃkhyapravacana, circa 1700-1850; सांख्यप्रवचन,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Patañjali (attributed name)

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for consultation and study dealing with an early branch of Hindu philosophy (both Yoga and Sāṃkhya). The manuscript attributes the work to the Mahābhāṣya (f. 46v), usually associated with a different historical figure of the same name. The two Patañjalis were likely conflated in the 11th century by the author Bhojadeva.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Patañjali. Mahābhāṣya; Yoga; Philosophy, Indic; Hindu philosophy

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (47 leaves) : paper; 13 x 23 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 46r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 47 leaves foliated 1-46, [i], upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīpātāṃjale yogaśāstre sāṃkhyapravacane kauvalpapādaścaturthaḥ samāptaḥ 4 (f. 46r).; Mistakes blacked out; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; some folios are treated with yellow turmeric powder.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 249

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts