Jñānanaukā, circa 1700-1850; ज्ञाननौका,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Śaṅkarācārya (attributed name)

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript whose title translates as the Knowledge-boat, is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and is a short, abbreviated Hindu philosophical treatise intended to give the essential aspects of the Advaita (non-dual) school of philosophy. Though the work is attributed to Śaṅkarācārya (f. 1v), it way well have been written by one of his followers.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Advaita; Vedanta; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaves) : paper; 8 x 21 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 1v).; Written in 13 lines total.; 1 leaf.; Colophon: iti śrīmacchaṃkarācāryaviracitājñānanaukāsaṃpūrṇā // śrīrama śrī // (f. 1v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts