Ātmārpaṇastuti, 1852; आत्मार्पणस्तुति, १८५२

Name:

Appayya Dīkṣita

Date:

1852

Description:

Manuscript is used for meditation, contemplation, and recitation and its text, a praise of the Hindu deity Śiva, is the product of a hallucinogenic experience. The poet, an Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta philosopher writing from a Śaiva perspective, consumed a drug which is derived from the datura plant, known to be especially sacred to Śiva.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Datura -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Advaita; Vedanta; Śaivism; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (9 leaves) : paper; 12 x 28 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 9v).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmadadvaitācāryaśrīmadappaiyyadīkṣitaviracitā ātmārpaṇasstutiḥ saṃpūrṇatāmagamat // śrīśivaśivā 'arpaṇam astu // mi - mārga - śu - 8 śanau saṃ[vat] - 1909 (f. 9v).; Dated saṃvat 1909 (1852) (f. 9v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1180

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts