Details

Subjects:

Śaṅkarācārya. Mahimnāstotra.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Advaita.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Hymns (documents)
Commentaries.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Attributed to Śaṃkaranāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa (f. 90v), but likely intended as Śaṃkaranārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa.

Summary:

Commentary on a devotional work dedicated to the deity Śiva, possibly the Mahimnāstotra of Śaṃkarācārya, a proponent of Advaita Vedānta philosophy.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 90v).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
35 leaves foliated 7-17, 29, 31-35, 37, 52-53, 72-77, 80-88, 90, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīśaṃkaranāmaṇabhaṭṭakṛto puṣpadaṃtakṛtamahistotravivṛtaḥ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 90v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line; significant words and phrases highlighted in red in part of manuscript.

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 1714 (UP 2797).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2797.

OCLC:

979994228