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

Author of Text

Śaṅkarācārya

Author of Text Alternate Script

शङ्कराचार्य

Subject Description

Language

Script

Author of Commentary

Lakṣmīdhara

Author Commentary Alternate Script

लक्ष्मीधर

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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Saundaryalaharī, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 10th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/manuscripts/item/379746