Aparādhasundarastotra, circa 1700-1850
मनीषापञ्चक, १७००-१८५०

Description
Small manuscript for private or public use, recitation, and prayer in honor of the Hindu deity Śiva. Text employed to ask forgiveness for sins and transgressions (aparādha).
Alternate Title
Aparādhastotra
Creator
Śaṅkarācārya (attributed name)
Form
manuscripts (documents)
hymns
prayers (compositions)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Forgiveness of sin
Hinduism
Śiva (Hindu deity)
Siva (Hindu deity)
Śaivism
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit
Devotional literature, Sanskrit
Puja (Hinduism)
Forgiveness of sin -- Hinduism
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 14 cm
Notes
Attributed to Śaṅkarācārya, but more likely written by one of his followers.
Title from colophon (f. 4v); alternate title Aparādhastotra supplied by cataloger.
Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryo śrīmacchaṃkarācāryaviracite aparādhasuṃdarastotraṃ saṃpūrṇam // śrīśaṃkarārpaṇam astu // (f. 4v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant numbers and phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with quadruple red line.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3bg2hb0c
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2498
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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