Praśnottararatnamālā, circa 1700-1850; प्रश्नोत्तररत्नमाला,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Śaṅkarācārya (attributed name)

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for public or private recitation, prayer, and contemplation. The title means: Garland of jewels in the form of questions and answers, and is written in poetic verse, but asks large religious and philosophical questions about the nature of the world and one's place in it; raises issues such as the cycle of life and death and one's ultimate release from it, especially if one recites the poem. Contains a praise of teachers (gurus).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Gurus

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 13 x 25 cm

Rights:

https://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. 4v); alternate title Praśnottararatnamālika from opening verse (f. 1r); second alternate title Praśnottaramālika from incipit (f. 1r).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīśaṃkarācāryaviracitāpraśnottararatnamālikāsamāptā // śrīśaṃka (f. 4v).; 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 570

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts