Collection of nine texts on Advaita-Vedānta

The bundle contains a collection of nine texts on Advaita-Vedānta. These are: Bhāmatītilaka by Allālasūri (images 0007-0096). Ṛjuvivaraṇa by Viṣṇubhaṭṭa Upādhyāya - beginning is missing; f° 48r: end of laksaṇabhāṣya, possibly 1.1.2, but more probably a section of the adhyāsabhāṣya (images 0097-0150). Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣyavārttika by Sureśvara - beginning section: Saṃbandhabhāṣyavārttika, ślokas no. 78 to 936 (images 0151-0198). [Fragment of a Vedāntic prose treatise] (images 0199-0216). Talāvakārabhāṣyaṭippaṇa, notes on Śaṅkara's Kenopaniṣadbhāṣya - author/creator of original material is anonymous. Possibly, Anubhūtisvarūpa (images 0217-0223). Keneṣitavākyabhāṣyaṭippaṇa (notes on Śaṅkara's Kenopaniṣadbhāsya - Vākyabhāṣya) by Anubhūtisvarūpa (images 0223-0235). Gauḍapādīyabhāṣyaṭippaṇa by Anubhūtisvarūpa [f° 10r to 16v: 1st prakaraṇa; f° 16v to 18v: 2nd prakaraṇa; f° 18v to 23r: 3rd prakaraṇa; f° 23r to 26v: 4th prakaraṇa] (images 0235-0274). [Ṭippaṇa on an Upaniṣadbhāsya, most probably the Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya due to its beginning brahmā devānām, etc.] Anonymous, but might be identical with the preceding (images 0275-0283). [Notes on a Vedāntic text] (images 0285-0304). The Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣyavārttika is written in Grantha script. Most of the texts are incomplete. The manuscript is damaged. There are four stray leaves with mantras for Rāma, Nārāyaṇa, etc., some fragments of rituals and Vedāntic work.

Extent: 153 leaves (1 blank leaf, 4 stray leaves).

Size and dimensions of original material: W 5 x L 38.6; W 5 x L 39.5; W 5 x L 47.1; W 5.1 x L 48.2; W 5 x L 48.1.

Condition of original material: Damaged, brittle.

Arrangement: Shelf number 3.

Author(s)/Creator(s): Allālasūri; Viṣṇubhaṭṭa Upādhyāya; Sureśvara; Anubhūtisvarūpa (?).

Original institution reference: B0723 (A-I).