Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2518: Maṇikarṇikāṣṭakastotra University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2518: Maṇikarṇikāṣṭakastotra are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2017 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from title page (f. 2v); alternate title Maṇikarṇikāṣṭaka supplied by cataloger. Written in 7 lines per leaf. 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2518 9973908223503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/968933164 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7390822 Small manuscript for personal use, praising Maṇikarṇika, the famous bathing site especially sacred to the deity Śiva along the Ganges river in the sacred Hindu pilgrimage center, Vārāṇasī. Opens with the second verse of the text as seen in other manuscripts (for example, Ms. Coll. 390, Item 460). In Sanskrit Maṇikarṇikāṣṭakastotra मणिकर्णिकाष्टकस्तोत्र Śaṅkarācārya Colophon: iti śrīmacchaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ maṇikarṇikāṣṭakastotraṃ saṃpurṇam // śrīkāśiviśveśvarārpaṇam astu // (f. 2v).

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 1 item (2 leaves) : 11 x 25 cm Siva (Hindu deity) Śaivism Hindu hymns, Sanskrit Devotional literature, Sanskrit Pilgrims and pilgrimages--India Bathing customs--India Hymns (documents) Prayers (documents) Poems Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century