Pratyaktatvaviveka, circa 1700-1850
प्रत्यक्तत्वविवेक, १७००-१८५०

Description
Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise, part of a work called the Fifteen chapters (Pañcadaśī) that 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.
Creator
Mādhava, -1386
Form
manuscripts (documents)
commentaries
treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Advaita
Vedanta
Hindu philosophy
Philosophy, Indic
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (12 leaves) : paper ; 14 x 34 cm
Notes
Title from end title page (f. 12v); title of commentary, Tattvavivekaprakaraṇa, supplied by cataloger.
Written in 10-13 lines per leaf.
12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ity aṃtatvavivekaṃ vidhāya vidhivanmanaḥ samādhāya // vigalitasaṃsṛtibaṃdhaḥ prāpnoti paraṃpadaṃ naro na cirāt // 65 // (f. 12r).
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)
Related Work: Rāmakr̥ṣṇa. Tattvavivekaprakaraṇa.
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3dh31
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1012
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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