Lakṣmyāṣṭakastotra, circa 1700-1850.
लक्ष्म्याष्टकस्तोत्र

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Śaṅkarācārya, attributed name.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Forgiveness of sin.

Hinduism.

Lakshmī (Hindu deity).

Lakshmī.

Lakshmī (Hindu deity).

Hindu goddesses.

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Forgiveness of sin--Hinduism.

Genre:

hymns

prayers (compositions)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 8 x 15 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2497

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

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

Summary:

Small manuscript for private or public use, recitation, and prayer in honor of the Hindu goddess Lakṣmī. Text employed to ask forgiveness for sins among other requests.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2r).

Written in 8 lines per leaf.

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

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.

Colophon: iti matparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmacchaṃ[karācāryaviraci]taṃ lakṣmyāṣṭakastotraṃ saṃpurṇaṃ // śrī // (f. 2r).

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 1812 (UP 2497).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2497.

OCLC:

968799590