Saundaryalaharī
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE12604
Type
Manuscrit
Subject
Stotra
Language
Sanskrit
Creator
IFP and San Marga Trust
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_002597
Manuscript No.
RE12604
Title Alternate Script
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Subject Description
Language
Script
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Good but slightly injured
Manuscript Extent
Incomplete
Folios in Text
90
Folio Range of Text
1a - 90b
Lines per Side
9 - 11
Folios in Bundle
90
Missing Folios
76 - 77
Width
3.5 cm
Length
28 cm
Bundle No.
RE12604
Miscellaneous Notes
This Ms. contains the saundaryalaharī of śaṃkara with the lakṣmīdharā, the commentarya by lakṣmīdhara. This is printed in Devanāgarī script, Mysore Oriental Series and in Grantha script in the "Sāstra Sanjeevini Press, Madras 1921. This text breaks off in the commentary on 64th śloka. Text and commentary for śloka 45 and parts of 44 and 46 are not available
Manuscript Beginning
śrī mahāgaṇapataye namaḥ। saundaryalaharīvyākhyāṃ vaidyanātheśvaradvijau। pṛcchataścedahantābhyāndāsyāmi guruṇā śape॥ satyameveti śaṅkaravacanaṃ vandemahi mahīyāṃsamaṃsalambijaṭādharam।
Manuscript Ending
sarasvatyā bhāratyā mūrtiḥ svarūpaṃ pariṇāma iti vikāramāpādyate māṇikyavapuṣā padmarāgavapuṣā। atretthaṃ padaprayojanam। hejanani tava sā sphaṭikacchāyāyā jayati yāgrāsīnāyāḥ sarasvatyāḥ sphaṭikanikaṣa dṛṣadaccha chavimayī mūrtiḥ māṇikyavapuṣā......
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
231
Key
manuscripts_002597
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Cite as
Saundaryalaharī,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on September, 10th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/379746