Brahmanāmāvalīstotra, circa 1700-1850; ब्रह्मनामावलीस्तोत्र,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Śaṅkarācārya (attributed name)

Date:

1700

Description:

Small manuscript to be used in private or public meditation or prayer is a hymn in praise of the highest philosophical principal, known as the Brahman, which is also referred to as saccitānanda ("existence, consciousness, and bliss") in the text. Attaining knowledge of this principal (brahmajñāna) is said to lead to release (mokṣa) from the cycle of life and death.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Brahman; Mokṣa; Hindu philosophy

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Hymns; Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 10 x 16 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Renowned eighth-century Vedanta philosophical commentator is often arbitrarily assigned as the author of collections of short, poetical works, such as this hymn of praise (stotra) in manuscript colophons. Most scholars do not believe that such hymns were actually written by this author.; Title colophon (f. 2v); alternate title Brahmanāmāvalīmālā from incipit (f. 1r).; Written in 11-9 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1, [2], upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīma[d]chaṃkarācāryaviracitau brahmanāmāval[ī]stotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrīsaccidānaṃdārpaṇam astu // (f. 2v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts