Mīnākṣīstotra
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE20015
Type
Manuscrit
Subject
Stotra
Language
Sanskrit
Creator
deiva"sikhaama.nibha.t.tar
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_004340
Manuscript No.
RE20015d
Title Alternate Script
मीनाक्षीस्तोत्र
Subject Description
Language
Script
Scribe
Deivaśikhāmaṇibhaṭṭar
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Damaged
Folios in Text
3
Folio Range of Text
20 - 22b
Lines per Side
6 - 7
Folios in Bundle
28
Width
2.7 cm
Length
23 cm
Bundle No.
RE20015
Other Texts in Bundle
Previous Place
Tiruchuli
Miscellaneous Notes
This text contians 9 verses in praise of goddess mīnākṣī, the presiding deity of madurai. It is not found elsewhere and hence seems to be rare. But the last verse contains the line śaṃkareṇapraṇītāṃ by which we may say that the author of the text is śaṃkara
Manuscript Beginning
vande śaṃkaravāmabhāganilayāṃ vande śukaśyāmalāṃ vande viṣṇuvihendra(vidhīndra)sevitapadāṃ vande nagendrātmajām। vande hārakirīṭakuṇḍaladharāṃ vande jaganmātrkāṃ vande sundaramandahāsavadanāṃ vande sumīnākṣinīm॥1॥
Manuscript Ending
śrīmaddhālāsyasaṃjñe pra(th)itapurapate(ḥ) sundareśasya devyāḥ mīnākṣyākhyā(?) patais stutim iha mahatā śaṃkareṇa praṇītām। dharmān kāmān labhante sadṛśāṃ sarvasaṃpatsamṛddhiṃ dīrghāyuṣyaṃ suputrān punaravikṛiyāṃ mokṣalakṣmī(ṃ) labhante। mīnākṣīstotraṃ saṃpūrṇam। śubham astu॥
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
356.4
Key
manuscripts_004340
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Cite as
Mīnākṣīstotra,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on November, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/manuscripts/item/381489