Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Vatasalāñchāna Bhaṭṭācārya.

Siddhāntaratnamālā, circa 1700-1850.

1 item (53 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 27 cm.

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Son of Viṣṇubhaṭṭācārya (f. 53v).

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise written from the perspective of the Vedānta school, examining the eternal, permanent nature of the Self and its relation to the highest reality. Includes a table of contents at the beginning of the text (f. 1r).

Vedanta.

Self (Philosophy)

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Treatises.

Tables of contents.

Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 18th century.

Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 19th century.

Manuscripts - India - 18th century.

Manuscripts - India - 19th century.

Title from colophon (f. 53v).

Written in 13-15 lines per leaf.

53 leaves foliated 1-53, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmahopādhyāya śrīviṣṇubhaṭṭācāryaputraśīvatsalāṃchanabhaṭṭācāryakṛtiḥ siddhāṃtaratnamālānmamagrathaḥ saṃpūrṇaḥ caturthaḥ parichedaḥ / (f. 53v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black and red lines.

Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 4166 (UP 831).

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 831

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 831

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

सिद्धान्तरत्नमाला, १७००-१८५०.