Śivatāṇḍava, circa 1700-1850.
शिवताण्डव

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śaivism.

Dance--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Dance.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 24 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2269

Other Title:

Śivataṇḍavastotra.

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript employed in private or public recitation and prayer dedicated to the praise of the Hindu deity Śiva, especially in his dancing aspect. Text identifies itself as part of the Adhyātmabhāga of the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa (f. 2v), which may refer to the Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, a well-known section from that purāṇa.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v); alternate title Śivataṇḍavastotra supplied by cataloger.

Written in 9 lines per leaf.

2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: i[ti śrī]brahmāṇḍa[purāṇe] adhyātmabhāg[e] nāradakṛtaṃ śivatāṃḍavaṃsaṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 2v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 1897 (UP 2269).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2269

OCLC:

801671999