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Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2444 - Śaṅkarācārya attributed name - Mukundāṣṭaka
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| Author: |
Śaṅkarācārya attributed name.
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| Title: |
Mukundāṣṭaka, circa 1700-1850.
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| Physical description: |
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 14 cm.
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| Language(s): |
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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| Biographical / Organizational History: |
Attributed to Śaṅkarācārya, but more likely written by one of his followers.
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| Summary: |
Text of praise for the deity Kṛṣṇa, containing descriptive characteristics of the god (including flute, music, playfulness,
and herding cows).
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| Subject: |
Krishna (Hindu deity)
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Worship (Hinduism)
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| Form / Genre: |
Prayers (documents)
Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 18th century.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 19th century.
Manuscripts - India - 18th century.
Manuscripts - India - 19th century.
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| Notes: |
Title from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: itī śrīmatparimashaṃ saparivrājakācāryaśrīmacchaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ mukuṃdāṣṭakaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ
// śrīkṣetrapālārpaṇam astu // śrīśiva // (f. 2v).
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.
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| Indexed / Referenced in: |
Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental
Society, 1938), Poleman 1809 (UP 2444).
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| Cite as: |
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2444.
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| Contained in: |
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2444
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| Manuscript location: |
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390
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| Vernacular script: |
मुकुन्दाष्टक, १७००-१८५०.
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