Maṇikarṇikāṣṭakastotra, circa 1700-1850; मणिकर्णिकाष्टकस्तोत्र,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Maṇikarṇikāṣṭaka

Contributor:

Śaṅkarācārya (attributed name)

Date:

1700

Description:

Small manuscript for personal use, praising Maṇikarṇika, the famous bathing site especially sacred to the deity Śiva along the Ganges river in the sacred Hindu pilgrimage center, Vārāṇasī. Opens with the second verse of the text as seen in other manuscripts (for example, Ms. Coll. 390, Item 460).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Bathing customs; Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Śaivism; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India; Pilgrims and pilgrimages; Bathing customs -- India

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

hymns; prayers (compositions); poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India; Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Attributed to Śaṅkarācārya, but likely written by one of his followers.; Title from title page (f. 2v); alternate title Maṇikarṇikāṣṭaka supplied by cataloger.; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Colophon: iti śrīmacchaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ maṇikarṇikāṣṭakastotraṃ saṃpurṇam // śrīkāśiviśveśvarārpaṇam astu // (f. 2v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2518

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts