Dhyānadīpa, 1844; ध्यानदीप,१८४४

Contributor:

Nārāyaṇa (scribe); Raṅganātha Marāṭhe (Son of Mayūreśvara) (former owner)

Name:

Mādhava, -1386; Rāmakr̥ṣṇa

Date:

1844

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on Hindu philosophy whose title is translated as Light on meditation, written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy; work contains part of an extensive commentary called the Tātparyabodhinī by Rāmakṛṣṇa running parallel, above and below, the main root text.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Raṅganātha Marāṭhe, son of Mayūreśvara (colophon, Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1045, f. 3r).

Subject:

Meditation -- Hinduism; Advaita; Vedanta; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Commentaries; Watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (14 leaves) : paper; 14 x 32 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 14v); commentary title Tātparyabodhinī supplied by cataloger; alternate commentary title Pañcadaśīprakāśikā supplied by cataloger.; Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.; 14 leaves foliated 1-14, upper left verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrībhāratitīrthavidyāraṇyamuni kiṃ kareṇa śrīrāmakṛṣṇākhyaviduṣāviracitā dhyānadīpākhyā samāptā // (f. 14v).; Manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript along with Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1034, Item 1035, Item 1036, Item 1037, Item 1038, Item 1040, Item 1041, Item 1042, Item 1043, Item 1044, and Item 1045.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Watermarks on all folios, including a horse and various parts of words and letters.; Dated śaka 1766 (1844) (Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1045, f. 3r).; Scribe is Nārāyaṇa (Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1035, f. 3r).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts