Mukundāṣṭaka, circa 1700-1850.
मुकुन्दाष्टक

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Śaṅkarācārya, attributed name.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Krishna (Hindu deity).

Krishna.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Worship (Hinduism).

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

poems

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 14 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2444

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Attributed to Śaṅkarācārya, but more likely written by one of his followers.

Summary:

Text of praise for the deity Kṛṣṇa, containing descriptive characteristics of the god (including flute, music, playfulness, and herding cows).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).

Written in 8 lines per leaf.

2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: itī śrīmatparimashaṃ saparivrājakācāryaśrīmacchaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ mukuṃdāṣṭakaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrīkṣetrapālārpaṇam astu // śrīśiva // (f. 2v).

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.

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 1809 (UP 2444).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2444.

OCLC:

968129036