Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Akhaṇḍānanda, Muni.

Vivaraṇatattvadīpaṇa. Varṇaka 5, circa 1700-1850.

1 item (21 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 28 cm.

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise and super-commentary written from the perspective of, and reflecting on the doctrine of, the Vivaraṇa branch of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy, which seeks to explain the root cause of ignorance (avidyā).

Title from colophon (f. 21r).

Written in 13 lines per leaf.

21 leaves foliated 1-21, lower right verso, second foliation from place in larger manuscript foliated 295-315, upper left verso, in original and second scribal hand.

Colophon: iti śrīparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryākhaṇḍānubhūtipūjyapā[da]śiṣyeṇākha[ṇ]ḍo 'naṃdamuninā viracite vivaraṇatattvadīpane dvitīpaṃ sūtraṃ samāptam // (f. 21r).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins, some of it in a second scribal hand; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

Manuscript was part of a larger work that included Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1018, Item 1019, Item 1020, Item 1021, Item 1023, Item 1024, and Item 1025.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1022

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1022

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

विवरणतत्त्वदीपण. वर्णक ५, १७००-१८५०.