Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Śaṅkarācārya.

Atmabodha, circa 1700-1850.

1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm.

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.

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.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1200

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1200

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

आत्मबोध, १७००-१८५०.