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Sundaryalaharī, 1700-1850.
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2693
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Śaṅkarācārya, attributed name.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Śiva (Hindu deity).
- SÌiva (Hindu deity).
- Parvati (Hindu deity).
- Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
- Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
- Advaita.
- Vedanta.
- Hindu philosophy.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Genre:
- hymns
- poems
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (26 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 17 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2693
- Other Title:
- Anandalaharī
- Place of Publication:
- 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Biography/History:
- Manuscript attributes text to Śaṅkarācārya, but it was likely written centuries later by a follower of Advaita Vedānta.
- Summary:
- Poetic and devotional work from a Śaiva perspective addressed to the Hindu goddess Pārvatī. Hymn written from the perspective of Advaita Vedānta.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 26v); alternate title Anandalaharī supplied by cataloger.
- Written in 7 lines per leaf.
- 26 leaves foliated 1-26, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrīśaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ sauṃdaryalaharīstotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śubhaṃbhavatu māmgalam astu // (f. 26v).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or 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 4107 (UP 2693).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2693.
- OCLC:
- 973954393
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