Aparādhasundarastotra, circa 1700-1850.
अपराधसुन्दरस्तोत्र

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Śaṅkarācārya, attributed name.

Contributor:

Bhaiyyaṃ Bhaṭṭa, scribe.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Forgiveness of sin.

Hinduism.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śaivism.

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Puja (Hinduism).

Forgiveness of sin--Hinduism.

Genre:

hymns

prayers (compositions)

watermarks

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 16 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2473

Other Title:

Aparādhastotra

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:

Small manuscript for private or public use, recitation, and prayer in honor of the Hindu deity Śiva. Text employed to ask forgiveness for sins and transgressions (aparādha).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 5r); alternate title Aparādhastotra supplied by cataloger.

Scribe is Bhaiyyaṃ Bhaṭṭa (f. 5r).

Written in 6 lines per leaf.

5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmacchaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ aparādhasuṃdarastotraṃ saṃpūrṇam // bhaiyyaṃ bhaṭṭena parārthaṃ ca // (f. 5r).

Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; folios treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect from insect damage.

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 1752 (UP 2473).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2473.

OCLC:

968227376