Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Rāmakr̥ṣṇādhvarin, active 17th century.

Vedāntaśikhāmaṇi, circa 1700-1850.

Vedāntaparibhāṣāśikhāmaṇi

1 item (173 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 28 cm.

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Son of Dharmarājādhvarīndra (f. 173r).

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise whose title is translated as The crest-jewel of Vedānta, which gives an overview, synthesis, and highlights of Vedānta philosophy, written from the Advāita (non-dual) system of philosophy.

Advaita.

Vedanta.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Treatises.

Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 18th century.

Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 19th century.

Manuscripts - India - 18th century.

Manuscripts - India - 19th century.

Title from colophon (f. 173r).

Written in 9 lines per leaf.

173 leaves foliated 1-173, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmadharmarājādhvarIṃdrātmajarāmakṛṣṇādhvariviracitte vedāṃtaśikhāmaṇau aṣṭamaṃparicchedaḥ // samāptaścāyaṃ graṃthaḥ śrīkāsiviśveśvarārpaṇam astu (f. 173r).

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

Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 4062 (UP 1016).

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1016

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1016

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

वेदान्तशिखामणि, १७००-१८५०.