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).
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. 4v); alternate title Aparādhastotra supplied by cataloger.
Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryo śrīmacchaṃkarācāryaviracite aparādhasuṃdarastotraṃ saṃpūrṇam // śrīśaṃkarārpaṇam astu // (f. 4v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant numbers and phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with quadruple red line.

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 1753 (UP 2498).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2498.

OCLC:

968799518