Śivatāṇḍavastava, circa 1700-1850.
शिवताण्डवस्तव

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Śaṅkarasaṃhitā. Śivarahasyakhaṇḍa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Monsters.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Rāvaṇa (Hindu mythological character).

Rāvaṇa.

Rāvaṇa (Hindu mythological character).

Dance--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Dance.

Monsters--Religious aspects.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Genre:

poems

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 17 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2532

Other Title:

Śivatāṇḍavastavarāja.

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Small manuscript for use in public or private recitation or prayer in praise and worship of the Hindu deity Śiva in his dancing (tāṇḍava) aspect. Text is traditionally thought to be written by the demon Rāvaṇa who is considered a devotee of Śiva. Manuscript derived from a text named the Mahāpurāṇa, which is most likely the Skandapurāṇa.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 5v); alternate title Śivatāṇḍavastavarāja from title page (f. 1r).

Written in 7 lines per leaf.

4 leaves foliated [1], 3-5, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmahāpurāṇe śivarahsyakhaṃḍe sakalavedavedāṃtasāre vidhaure ye nikhilasuravidrāvaṇarāvaṇakṛtoyaṃ śivatāṃḍastavaḥ saṃpūrṇam astu // śubhaṃbhavatu // cha // cha // (f. 5r-5v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; margins marked with two vertical purple lines.

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 1483a (UP 2532).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2532

OCLC:

802826211