Atmabodha, circa 1700-1850
आत्मबोध, १७००-१८५०

Description
Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a philosophical treatise titled Knowledge of the Self, a summary of Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta doctrine, possibly derived from verses of the Atharvaveda, but typically attributed to Śaṅkarācārya.
Creator
Śaṅkarācārya
Form
manuscripts (documents)
treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Self (Philosophy)
Advaita
Vedanta
Hindu philosophy
Philosophy, Indic
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm
Notes
Title from colophon (f. 5r).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmatsaṃkarācāryaviracitātmabodhaprakaraṇaṃ samāptaṃ (f. 5r).
Mistakes covered over in white or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red and black line.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3t727g6p
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1200
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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