Lakṣmyāṣṭakastotra, circa 1700-1850; लक्ष्म्याष्टकस्तोत्र, १७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Śaṅkarācārya (attributed name)

Date:

1700

Description:

Small manuscript for private or public use, recitation, and prayer in honor of the Hindu goddess Lakṣmī. Text employed to ask forgiveness for sins among other requests.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Forgiveness of sin; Hinduism; Lakshmī (Hindu deity); Hindu goddesses; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Forgiveness of sin -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 8 x 15 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Attributed to Śaṅkarācārya, but likely written by one of his followers.; Title from colophon (f. 2r).; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Colophon: iti matparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmacchaṃ[karācāryaviraci]taṃ lakṣmyāṣṭakastotraṃ saṃpurṇaṃ // śrī // (f. 2r).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2497

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts