Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Śaṅkarācārya attributed name.

Lakṣmyāṣṭakastotra, circa 1700-1850.

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 8 x 15 cm.

Small manuscript for private or public use, recitation, and prayer in honor of the Hindu goddess Lakṣmī. Text employed to ask forgiveness for sins among other requests.

Title from colophon (f. 2r).

Written in 8 lines per leaf.

2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.

Colophon: iti matparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmacchaṃ[karācāryaviraci]taṃ lakṣmyāṣṭakastotraṃ saṃpurṇaṃ // śrī // (f. 2r).

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2497.

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2497

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

लक्ष्म्याष्टकस्तोत्र, १७००-१८५०.