Praśnottararatnamālā, circa 1700-1850; प्रश्नोत्तररत्नमाला,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Śuka Yantīndra

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for public or private recitation, prayer, and contemplation. The title translated into English is Garland of jewels in the form of questions and answers. The work is written in poetic verse and asks religious and philosophical questions about the nature of the world and one's place in it; raises issues such as the cycle of life and death and one's ultimate release from it, especially if one recites the poem. Sometimes the text is attributed to Śaṅkarācārya.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 14 x 25 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3v).; Written in 10-11 lines.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śukayatīṃdraviracitā praśnottararatnamālāsamāptā // 1 // (f. 3v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant phrases highlighted in red.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts