Details

Subjects:

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

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Prayers (documents)
Hymns (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). Unidentified commentary runs parallel above and below the root text.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 7r); title of commentary Aparādhasundarastotraṭīkā from abbreviations in margins.
Written in 6-14 lines per leaf.
7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīśaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ aparādhasaṃdarastotraṃ saṃpūrṇam // (f. 7r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black 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 1755 (UP 2527).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2527.

Contains:

Aparādhasundarastotraṭīkā.

OCLC:

968934143