Details

Subjects:

Forgiveness of sin.
Hinduism.
Lakshmī (Hindu deity).
Hindu goddesses.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Forgiveness of sin -- Hinduism.

Form/Genre:

Hymns (documents)
Prayers (documents).
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 goddess Lakṣmī. Text employed to ask forgiveness for sins among other requests.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2r).
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, 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 matparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmacchaṃ[karācāryaviraci]taṃ lakṣmyāṣṭakastotraṃ saṃpurṇaṃ // śrī // (f. 2r).

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 1812 (UP 2497).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2497.

OCLC:

968799590