Devīsahasranāmastotra, circa 1600-1750.
देवीसहस्रनामस्तोत्र

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Tantras. Rudrayāmalatantra. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hinduism--Prayers and devotions.

Hinduism.

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Hindu goddesses.

Puja (Hinduism).

Tantrism.

Śaivism.

Genre:

poems

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Prayers.

Devotional literature.

Physical Description:

1 item (12 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 26 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 410

Place of Publication:

circa 1600-1750.

१६००-१७५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for public or private recitation or prayer and worship (pūjā) of the Great Goddess of Hinduism, sometimes referred to simply as Devī (goddess). Text praises a thousand different names of the goddess and is from a larger work known as the Rudrayāmala, a Tantric Śaiva work.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 12v).

Written in 9-12 lines per leaf.

12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīrudrayāmale naṃdikeśvaramaheśasaṃvāde devīsahasranāmastotraṃ samāptaṃ // śrīmahālakṣmīpriyatāṃ mama // śubham astu sarvajagataḥ // śrīrasta // (f. 12v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line.

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 4574 (UP 410).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 410

OCLC:

838638273