Saundaryalaharīstotra, circa 1650-1800; सौन्दर्यलहरीस्तोत्र,१६५०-१८००

Contributor:

Śaṅkarācārya (attributed name)

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used as an aid in public or private recitation and prayer, as well as rites of worship in praise and honor of the Hindu deity Śiva and others. Contains Tantric references to Śiva's energetic counterpart Śakti as well as to Śiva's amalgamated form with the god Viṣṇu called Harihara.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Shaktism; Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Vishnu (Hindu deity); Hariharanātha (Hindu deity); Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Tantrism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (13 leaves) : paper; 10 x 23 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Text is attributed to the eighth-century Vedanta philosopher Śaṅkarācārya. Some scholars hold that many examples of such hymns (stotras) are falsely attributed to this figure.; Title from colophon (f. 13v).; Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.; 13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrIśaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ sauṃdaryyalaharīstotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ samāptaṃ / (f. 13v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 581

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts