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Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1200 - Śaṅkarācārya - Atmabodha
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| Author: |
Śaṅkarācārya.
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| Title: |
Atmabodha, circa 1700-1850.
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| Physical description: |
1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm.
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| Language(s): |
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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| Summary: |
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.
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| Subject: |
Self (Philosophy)
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
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| Form / Genre: |
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 18th century.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 19th century.
Manuscripts - India - 18th century.
Manuscripts - India - 19th century.
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| Notes: |
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.
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| Indexed / Referenced in: |
Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental
Society, 1938), Poleman 4086 (UP 1200).
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| Cite as: |
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1200
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| Contained in: |
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1200
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| Manuscript location: |
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390
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| Vernacular script: |
आत्मबोध, १७००-१८५०.
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