Śivanāmasahasra, 1910.
शिवनामसहस्र

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Hinduism--Prayers and devotions.

Hinduism.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Kārttikeya (Hindu deity).

Śaivism.

Genre:

poems

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Prayers.

Devotional literature.

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper ; 8 x 17 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 396

Other Title:

Śivarahasya.

Place of Publication:

1910.

१९१०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for public or private recitation or prayer and worship (pūjā), venerating and praising a thousand names associated with the Hindu deity Śiva. Manuscript is part of a larger work known as the Śivarahasya. Presented as a discourse of the deity Skanda (known also as Kārttikeya), the son of Śiva.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 10v); title of larger work Śivarahasya from colophon (f. 10v).

Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.

10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīśivarahasye sadāśivākhyena vamāṃśeśeṣāśeṣamukhodgītaṃ śrīśivanāmasahasraṃ saṃpūrṇam // saṃvat 1967 vaiśākhaśu[bhe] 10 // śrīkāśīviśveśvarārpaṇam astu // śrī // tatsadbrahmārpaṇam astu // (f. 10v).

Dated saṃvat 1967 vaiśākhaśubhe 10 (Thursday, May 19, 1910) (f. 10v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 4632 (UP 396).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 396

OCLC:

838604135