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Title

Nirvāṇaprakaraṇa
निर्वाणप्रकरण

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2255
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9972315723503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/961831296
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7231572

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

A treatise on Advaita (non-dualism) philosophy that is distinct from Vedānta. Addresses the concept of liberation (nirvāṇa) for non-ascetics. It is a Kashmiri work and part of the Mokṣopāya (f. 691r). It became the basis of the Yogavāsiṣṭha, a work of Vedānta philosophy. An unidentified commentary runs horizontally above and below the root text.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 691r).
   
• Written in 6-19 lines per leaf.
   
• 885 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1-195, (Part 2) 1-479, 482-691, [i], upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated after 1840 based on watermark.
   
• 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 red line.
   
• This manuscript is accompanied by two wooden boards with beveled edges used for supporting the manuscript and a large orange canvas wrapper to protect the manuscript.
   
• Watermarks of Britannia; the name W. & J. Harris, Turkey Mill, 1839; and J. & J. Town, Turkey Mill, 1840.
   

Extent

1 item (885 leaves) : 21 x 33 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīmahārāmāyaṇe mokṣopāye nirvāṇaprakaraṇe uttarārdhe bālakāṃḍe devadūtokte śatasahasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vāsiṣṭe brahmadarśane ekonaviṃśatyuttaradviśatatamaḥ sargaḥ 239 iti nirvāṇaprakaraṇaṃ saṃpūṇamastu // (f. 691r).

Subjects topical

• Nirvana
• Advaita
• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic

Genres

• Commentaries
• Treatises
• Watermarks
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 195v-1r — Beginning, Part 2