Details

Standardized Title:

Dakṣiṇāmūrtistotra

Subjects:

Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Hindu philosophy.
Vedanta.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Śaivism.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Treatises.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Prayers.
Devotional literature.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for contemplation and study and consists of a philosophical discussion presented in the form of a praise of the Hindu deity Śiva along with a commentary. Likely a late medieval adaptation of Advaitavedānta philosophy in a Śaiva context.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 18v).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
18 leaves foliated 1-18, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtistotraṃ saṭīkasaṃpūrṇam // (f. 18).
Dated śaka 1779 (1857) (f. 18v).
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 triple red line on front folio (f. 1v).
European stock of paper with watermark, a crest with a figure seated on a throne holding a staff and plant.

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 4117 (UP 425).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 425

OCLC:

838604300