Mukundāṣṭaka, circa 1700-1850; मुकुन्दाष्टक,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Śaṅkarācārya (attributed name)

Date:

1700

Description:

Text of praise for the deity Kṛṣṇa, containing descriptive characteristics of the god (including flute, music, playfulness, and herding cows).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Krishna (Hindu deity); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Worship (Hinduism)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers (documents); Poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 9 x 14 cm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Attributed to Śaṅkarācārya, but more likely written by one of his followers.; Title from colophon (f. 2v).; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: itī śrīmatparimashaṃ saparivrājakācāryaśrīmacchaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ mukuṃdāṣṭakaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrīkṣetrapālārpaṇam astu // śrīśiva // (f. 2v).; 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.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2444

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts