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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).
Śiva (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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