Gaṇeśāparādhasundarastotra, 1761-circa 1850.
गणेशापराधसुन्दरस्तोत्र

Format:

• Manuscript

Author/Creator:

• Śaṅkarācārya, attributed name.

Contributor:

• Viśvanāthabhaṭṭa, active 1650-1709, scribe.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Forgiveness of sin.
• Hinduism.
• Puja (Hinduism).
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
• Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
• Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)--Early works to 1800.
• Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).
• Hindu hymns, Sanskrit--Early works to 1800.
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit--Early works to 1800.
• Puja (Hinduism)--Early works to 1800.
• Forgiveness of sin--Hinduism--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

• hymns
• prayers (compositions)
• watermarks
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
• Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 16 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2512

Other Title:

Gaṇapati aprādhasundarastotra

Place of Publication:

• 1761-circa 1850.
• १७६१-१८५०.

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 elephant-headed Hindu deity Gaṇeśa. Text employed to ask forgiveness for sins and transgressions (aparādha).

Notes:

• Title from colophon including the marginal addition of gaṇeśā (f. 3r); alternate title Gaṇapati aprādhasundarastotra from title page (f. 1r).
• Scribe is Viśvanātha Bhāṭṭa of the village of Tāra (f. 3r), near Mumbai, in the state of Maharashtra.
• Dated śaka 1683 (1761) (f. 3r); however, only folio 1 appears to be from that date, folios 2 and 3 appear to be from the mid- or late 19th century, based on the watermark and other signs typical of a manuscript from this period.
• Written in 3 lines per leaf.
• 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
• Colophon: iti śrīśaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ gaṇeś[ā]parādhasuṃdarastotraṃ saṃpūrṇam // śrīgajānanārpaṇam astu // (f. 3r).
• Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant numbers and phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked by triple black line.
• Watermark of part of a coat of arms and the initial M.

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 1754 (UP 2512).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2512.

OCLC:

969354768