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Śukāṣṭaka, circa 1700-1850.
शुकाष्टक
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2526
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Śuka (Son of Vyāsa), attributed name.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Vedanta.
- Advaita.
- Hindu philosophy.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Genre:
- poems
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2526
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Biography/History:
- Attributed to the scriptural figure Śuka, traditionally assigned the authorship of the Bhāgavatapurāṇa.
- Summary:
- Poem written from the perspective of Advaita Vedānta philosophy.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 1v).
- Written in 11 lines per leaf.
- 1 leaf.
- Colophon: iti śukāṣṭakaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 1v).
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; 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 4260 (UP 2526).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2526.
- OCLC:
- 968933937
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