Details

Other Title:

Śiva aparādhastotra

Subjects:

Forgiveness of sin.
Hinduism.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Śaivism.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Puja (Hinduism).
Forgiveness of sin -- Hinduism.

Form/Genre:

Hymns (documents)
Prayers (documents).
Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Attributed to Śaṅkarācārya, but likely written by one of his followers.

Summary:

Small manuscript for private or public use, recitation, and prayer in honor of the Hindu deity Śiva. Text employed to ask forgiveness for sins and transgressions (aparādha).

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Śiva aparādhastotra from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
6 leaves foliated 1-5, [6], upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsapariṃśajakācāryaśrīmatśaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ aparādhastotraṃ saṃpurṇam astu // śrīsāṃbasadāsivārpaṇam astu // (f. 5v).

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 1756 (UP 2447).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2447.

OCLC:

968227261