Vākyasudhāṭīkā (a commentary on Vidyāraṇya's Dṛgdṛśyaviveka)

The bundle contains two Advaita-Vedānta works: Brahmānanda Bhāratī's Vākyasudhāṭīkā, a commentary on Vidyāraṇya's Dṛgdṛśyaviveka (also sometimes attributed to Śaṅkara) - the introductory verses contain an homage to Rāmānanda Muni, probably the author's guru (images 0005-0170). Śaṅkara's Brahmasūtrabhāṣya - from the beginning, interrupted in the middle of the commentary on BS 1.1.4 (images 0171-0210) This is followed by the Bhagavadgītā [f° 1r (very beginning of the bundle): end of 1st adhyāya (adhyāya mostly missing); f° 5r: end of 2nd adhyāya; f° 14v: end of 7th adhyāya; f° 18v: end of 8th adhyāya; f° 23r: end of 9th adhyāya; f° 30r: end of 14th adhyāya; f° 42r: end of 16th adhyāya] (images 0211-0292). All texts are incomplete. The manuscript is damaged. There are five stray leaves with Narasiṃhastuti and fragments of Vedāntic texts in the bundle.

Extent: 154 leaves (3 blank leaves, 5 stray leaves).

Size and dimensions of original material: W 3.5 x L 12.2; W 2 x L 11; W 3 x L 8.

Condition of original material: Damaged, brittle - last part severely.

Arrangement: Shelf number 3.

Author(s)/Creator(s): Brahmānanda Bhāratī; Śaṅkara.

Original institution reference: B0717 (A-C).