Hṛdaya, circa 1700-1850.
वरदगणेशसहस्रनामस्तोत्र

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Tantras. Rudrayāmalatantra. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śaivism.

Tantrism.

Hindu mantras.

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

dialogues

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (18 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 16 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1979

Other Title:

Śivahṛdayamantra

Śivahṛdayastotra

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for public or private recitation or prayer and worship (pūjā) of the deity Śiva in his manifestation as Dakṣināmūrtiśiva. Presented as a dialogue between Śiva (as Īśvara) and Pārvatī. Text praises the god through mantras and verse and is from a larger work known as the Rudrayāmala, a work of Tantric Śaivism.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3v); alternate title Śivahṛdayamantra from incipit (f. 1r); second alternate title from fourth and fifth line of text (f. 1r).

Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.

3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīrudrayāmale iśvarapārvatīsaṃvāde dakṣiṇāmūrtiśivasya hṛdayaṃ samāptim agamat // śrīrastu // (f. 3v).

Mistakes 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 4573 (UP 1979).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1979.

OCLC:

952122003