Saundaryalaharī

Metadata

Bundle No.

RE10964

Type

Manuscrit

Subject

Stotra

Language

Sanskrit

Creator

IFP and San Marga Trust

Date Created

2009-2010

Source

Institut Français de Pondichéry

License

Key

manuscripts_002342

Manuscript No.

RE10964h

Title Alternate Script

सौन्दर्यलहरी

Author of Text

Śaṅkarācārya

Author of Text Alternate Script

शङ्कराचार्य

Subject Description

Language

Script

Type

Manuscript

Material

Condition

Good but edges-broken

Folios in Text

10

Folio Range of Text

65b - 73

Lines per Side

3 - 7

Folios in Bundle

115

Width

3.2 cm

Length

35.2 cm

Bundle No.

RE10964

Previous Place

Vedaranyam

Miscellaneous Notes

This contains verses 29, 51, 58, 21, 54, 76 and 100. Fols. 66b-68b contain a verse from śivamahimnasstotra and some stray verses in praise of śiva. Fol. 69 contains one aruṇācalakīrtana in Tamil. Fols. 69b-71b some references to śivapūjā and some measurements about liṅga, etc. Fol. 72a contains a verse in Tamil on śiva, fol. 72b contains a note on the charecterstics of dīkṣāguru. Fol. 73a contains Tamil and Sanskrit verses on the greatness of holy ashes

Manuscript Beginning

kirīṭaṃ vairiñcaṃ parihara puraḥ kaiṭabhabhidaḥ kaṭhore koṭīre skhalasi jahi jambhārimakuṭam। praṇamreṣveteṣu prasabhamupayātasya bhavanaṃ bhavasyābhyutthāne tava parijanoktir vijayate॥53॥

Manuscript Ending

svakīyairambhobhissalilanilanidhisauhityakaraṇaṃ tvādīyābhirvāgbhistava janani vācāṃstutiriyam॥

Bibliography

Printed under the title: 1/ Saundaryalaharī of śaṅkarācārya transliteration, English translation, commentary, diagrams and an appendix on prayoga, pub: - The Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar (Madras) 1937. 2/ Saundaryalaharī of śaṅkarācārya: with Lakṣmīdhara's commentary Bhavanopaniṣat: with Bhāskararāja's commentary and devīpañcastavi / edited by N. N. Swami Ghanapati. - 3rd ed. - Government Branch Press, Mysore, 1953. 3/ Saundaryalaharī of śaṅkarācārya: the ocean of divine beauty / Sanskrit text in Devanagari with Roman transliteration, English translation, explanatory notes, yantric diagrams and index by V. K. Subramanian, Motilal Banarsidas, Delhi, 1977. 4/ Saundaryalaharī of śaṅkarācārya/ with text and transliteration, translation and notes based on Lakṣmīdhara's commentary by Swami Tapasyānanda, Sri Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore (Madras) 1987

Catalog Entry Status

Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

195.8

Key

manuscripts_002342

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Cite as

Saundaryalaharī, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 12th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/379491