Gaṇeśāparādhasundarastotra, 1761-circa 1850; गणेशापराधसुन्दरस्तोत्र,१७६१-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Gaṇapati aprādhasundarastotra

Contributor:

Śaṅkarācārya (attributed name); Viśvanāthabhaṭṭa, active 1650-1709 (scribe)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1761

Description:

Small manuscript for private or public use, recitation, and prayer in honor of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Gaṇeśa. Text employed to ask forgiveness for sins and transgressions (aparādha).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Forgiveness of sin; Hinduism; Puja (Hinduism); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity) Early works to 1800; Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity); Hindu hymns, Sanskrit -- Early works to 1800; Devotional literature, Sanskrit -- Early works to 1800; Puja (Hinduism) -- Early works to 1800; Forgiveness of sin -- Hinduism -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 10 x 16 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 including the marginal addition of gaṇeśā (f. 3r); alternate title Gaṇapati aprādhasundarastotra from title page (f. 1r).; Scribe is Viśvanātha Bhāṭṭa of the village of Tāra (f. 3r), near Mumbai, in the state of Maharashtra.; Dated śaka 1683 (1761) (f. 3r); however, only folio 1 appears to be from that date, folios 2 and 3 appear to be from the mid- or late 19th century, based on the watermark and other signs typical of a manuscript from this period.; Written in 3 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīśaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ gaṇeś[ā]parādhasuṃdarastotraṃ saṃpūrṇam // śrīgajānanārpaṇam astu // (f. 3r).; Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant numbers and phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked by triple black line.; Watermark of part of a coat of arms and the initial M.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts