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).
Attributed to Śaṅkarācārya, but more likely written by one of his followers.; 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.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390
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