Details

Other Title:

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).
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Attributed to Śaṅkarācārya, but more 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 colophon (f. 5r); alternate title Aparādhastotra supplied by cataloger.
Scribe is Bhaiyyaṃ Bhaṭṭa (f. 5r).
Written in 6 lines per leaf.
5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmacchaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ aparādhasuṃdarastotraṃ saṃpūrṇam // bhaiyyaṃ bhaṭṭena parārthaṃ ca // (f. 5r).
Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; folios treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect from insect damage.

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 1752 (UP 2473).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2473.

Contributor:

Bhaiyyaṃ Bhaṭṭa, scribe.

OCLC:

968227376