Hastāmalakastotra, 1826.
हस्तामलकस्तोत्र

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Śaṅkarācārya

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Conversion--Hinduism.

Conversion.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Advaita.

Vedanta.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

commentaries

treatises

poems

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (11 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1264

Place of Publication:

1826.

१८२६.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and meditation and is a poetic and devotional work written from the perspective of Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta attributed to Śaṅkarācārya, but thought to be a recounting of the conversion experience of one of his disciples. Ānandagiri's commentary Hastāmalaka runs parallel above and below the main text.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 11v); title of commentary, Hastāmalaka, from commentary colophon (f. 11v).

Written in 11 lines per leaf.

11 leaves foliated 1-11, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīgovi[ṃ]da-śrīśaṃkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau hastāmalakaṃ stotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 11v).

Dated saṃvat 1883 and śaka 1748 (1826) (f. 11v).

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.

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 4160 (UP 1264).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1264

Contains:

Ānandagiri, active 13th century. Hastāmalaka.

OCLC:

905546432