Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Śaṅkarācārya attributed name.

Carpaṭa pañjarikāstotra, circa 1650-1800.

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 23 cm.

Manuscript is used for private or public recitation or prayer in praise of the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa. Text thought to contain a synthesis or essence of the Vedanta philosophy of Śaṅkara.

Title from colophon (f. 2r); alternate title Bhaja govinda found throughout text in verse.

Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.

2 leaves foliated [1-2], lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīśaṃkarācāryaviracitacarpaṭamaṃjarikāstotraṃ saṃpūrṇam // (f. 2r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 418

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 418

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390

चर्पटमञ्जरिकास्तोत्र, १६५०-१८००.