Sumukhatattvacandrikā, [17--].

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Jayakṛṣṇa Brahmamuni.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vedanta.

Tantrism.

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).

Genre:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (15 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 27 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 572

Place of Publication:

[17--].

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).

Notes:

Title from colophon and cover page (f. 1r). Cover page reads: Sumukhatatvacandrikā pustakam idaṁ śrībhavadevabhaṭṭānām.

The author, Jayakṛṣṇa Brahmamuni, is the pupil of Sureśvarānandatīrtha (see colophon).

Written 12-16 lines per leaf by multiple scribes. Ff. 7-10 poorly written.

Fair condition. Leaves brown, slightly brittle, and fraying at edges. Ink fading on several leaves. Mistakes blotched out with black or crossed through. Ff. 1-6 have orange powder highlighting section divisions, invocations and colophons.

Text begins (f. 1v): om̐ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ. yat smṛtvā viṣṇurudrādyāsvasvakāryāṇyasādhayan. tatsaccitmukhavighneśabrahmāsmyakriyam advayam (verse 1). brahmavidyārthi[-]emegre gurubhiḥ śrāvito[hy?]aham śuklāṁvaradharaśloka soyaṁ matyai vicāryate (verse 2). śuklāṁvaradharaviṣṇuṁ śaśivarṇaṁ caturbhujaṁ [ ]vadanaṁ dhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntaye (verse 3).

Text ends (f. 10v): om̐ tat sat śrīpārvatīparameśvaravighneśvarebhyo namaḥ. kvāhaṁ kva granthakaraṇaṁ kiṁ tu yeṣām prasādajñaḥ muktasyāṁ śrīguruśrīśavedāntāste girārcit[ ].

Colophon: iti śrīparamahaṁsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmatsarvesv́arānandatīrthapūjyapādaśiṣyajayakṛṣṇabrahmamuniviracitā sumukhatatv[acandri]kā samāptā. śrī[bhavadevabhaṭṭānām] etat pustakam.

Cited in:

Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 4374 (UP 572).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 572

OCLC:

155924849