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MS. Sansk. d. 165

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Śaṅkarācārya’s Saptasūtra, 18th cent.?

Contents

The Saptasūtra, Āśramaviveka, of Śaṅkarācārya

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | Hari oṃ | avikārāya śuddhāya nityāya paramātmaṇe | śabdaikarūparūpāya Viṣṇave prabhuviplave ǁ 1 ǁ jagadaṃkurakaṃḍaya saccidānandamāyine | galitākhilabhedāya namaḥ śāntāya vedhase ǁ 2 ǁ yad bodhād idaṃ bhāti yad bodhād vinivarttate | namas tasmai parānandeva puruṣe paramātmane ǁ 3 ǁ anātmabhūtadehādāv ātmabuddhis tu dehināṃ | sāvidyā tatkṛto baṃdhas tannyāso mokṣa ucyate ǁ 4 ǁ atha paramahaṃsānaṃ samādhividhiṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ |
Explicit: [12v] iti Āśramavivekasamāptaṃ | śrīmacchaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ Saptasūtraṃ samāptaṃ |

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: v + 12 + iii
Dimensions (binding): 24.4 × 13.0 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

the end of the 18th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 247).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1286, pp. 188-189

Availability

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Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1286, pp. 188-189

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