Mahistotravivṛtti, circa 1700-1850.
महिस्तोत्रविवृत्ति

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Śaṃkaranārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Śaṅkarācārya. Mahimnāstotra.

Śaṅkarācārya.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Advaita.

Vedanta.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

hymns

commentaries

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (35 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 26 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2797

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Attributed to Śaṃkaranāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa (f. 90v), but likely intended as Śaṃkaranārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa.

Summary:

Commentary on a devotional work dedicated to the deity Śiva, possibly the Mahimnāstotra of Śaṃkarācārya, a proponent of Advaita Vedānta philosophy.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 90v).

Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.

35 leaves foliated 7-17, 29, 31-35, 37, 52-53, 72-77, 80-88, 90, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīśaṃkaranāmaṇabhaṭṭakṛto puṣpadaṃtakṛtamahistotravivṛtaḥ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 90v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line; significant words and phrases highlighted in red in part of manuscript.

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 1714 (UP 2797).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2797.

OCLC:

979994228