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Śivasahasranāma, 1836.
शिवसहस्रनाम
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2211
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Śiva (Hindu deity).
- Śiva.
- SÌiva (Hindu deity).
- Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
- Krishna (Hindu deity).
- Krishna.
- Mārkaṇḍeya (Hindu mythological character).
- Mārkaṇḍeya.
- Genre:
- prayers (compositions)
- hymns
- dialogues
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Penn Provenance:
- Text was written in the pilgrimage center of Kāśī (Varāṇasī) at the steps (ghat) called Maṇikarṇikā on the river Ganges (f. 16v).
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (16 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 19 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2211
- Place of Publication:
- 1836.
- १८३६.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Text eulogizing a hundred different names of the Hindu deity Śiva. Taken from the last section (uttarabhāga) of the Padmapurāṇa called the Bilvakeśvaramāhātmya, generally praising the greatness of Bilvakeśvara, a form of Śiva. Presented as a discussion between the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa and the legendary figure Mārkaṃḍeya.
- Notes:
- Title from title page (f. 1r).
- Written in 11 lines per leaf.
- 16 leaves foliated 1-16, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrī padmapurāṇe uttarabhāge bilvakeśvaramāhātmye śrīkṛṣṇamārkaṃḍeyasaṃvāde vedasārākhyaparamadivyasahasranāmastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śake 1758 durmukhanāmasaṃvatmara āṣādakṛṣṇa 14 caturdaśyāṃ guruvāsare idaṃ pustakaṃ śrīkṣetrakāśyāṃ likhitaṃ // viśveśaṃ mādhavaṃdaṃḍiṃ daṃḍapāṇiṃ cabhauravaṃ // vaṃde kāśīṃ guhāṃ gaṃgāṃ bhavānīṃ maṇikarṇikāṃ // 1 // śrīr jayati // (f. 16v).
- Dated śaka 1758 (1836) (f. 16v).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. Decorative border on cover (f. 1r).
- Non-Latin script record.
- Cited in:
- Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 1126 (UP 2211).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2211
- OCLC:
- 791456256
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