Taittirīyakavārttika, 1792
तैत्तिरीयकवार्त्तिक, १७९२
- Description
- Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a medieval Hindu philosophical treatise and commentary on the Taittirīyopaniṣad, exploring themes of the universal Self and its relationship to the underlying principles of existence such as the abstract concept of the brahman as well as discussion of social structure. Text comprises the first chapter of the commentary and is written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy.
- Creator
- Śaṅkarācārya
- Pāṇḍuraṅgakṣetra (scribe)
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- commentaries
- treatises
- watermarks
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit
- Date
- 1792
- Language
- Sanskrit
- Subject
- Self (Philosophy)
- Brahman
- Philosophy, Indic
- Hindu philosophy
- Hindu philosophy -- Early works to 1800
- Philosophy, Indic -- Early works to 1800
- Vedanta -- Early works to 1800
- Vedanta
- Advaita -- Early works to 1800
- Advaita
- Brahman -- Early works to 1800
- Self (Philosophy) -- Early works to 1800
- Geographic Subject
- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India) -- Early works to 1800
- Collection
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 item (42 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 30 cm
- Notes
- Title from colophon (f. 42r); alternate title Taittirīyopaniṣadbhāṣya supplied by cataloger.
- Written in 9 lines per leaf.
- 42 leaves foliated 1-42, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaviracitaṃ taittirīyakavārtikaṃ samāptaṃ // śrīpāṃḍuraṅgakṣetrai likhitam idaṃ śake 1714 bhādre samāptaṃ // (f. 42r).
- Dated śaka 1714 (1792) (f. 42r).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
- Watermarks include man riding a horse, a bull, and letters.
- Scribe is Pāṇḍuraṅgakṣetra (f. 42r).
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 917
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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