Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Śaṅkarācārya.

Svātmānandaprakāśa, 1800.

1 item (6 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm.

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise analyzing the nature of the self (ātman) and one of its aspects of pure happiness or joy (ānanda), from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy.

Title from colophon (f. 6v).

Written in 14-16 lines per leaf.

6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaviracitaṃ svātmānaṃdaprakāśakāryāḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 6v).

Dated śaka 1722 (1800) (f. 6v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; floral pattern on border of front cover in red and black (f. 1r).

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1179

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1179

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

स्वात्मानन्दप्रकाश, १८००.