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Śivāṣṭottaraśatanāmāvalī, circa 1700-1850.
शिवाष्टोत्तरशतनामावली

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Format:
Manuscript
Language:
Sanskrit
Subjects (All):
Hindu mantras.
Śiva (Hindu deity).
Śiva.
Śiva (Hindu deity).
Rites and ceremonies--India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Śaivism.
Genre:
prayers (compositions)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Physical Description:
1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 16 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1988
Other Title:
Śivāṣṭaśatanāmāvalī
Place of Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Language Note:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Work employing mantras (words and phrases of power) to celebrate 108 names associated with the deity Śiva; for use in private or public recitation and prayer.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 4r); alternate title Śivāṣṭaśatanāmāvalī from title page (f. 4v).
Written in 10 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīśiva aṣṭottaraśattanāmāvalīsamāptā // (f. 4r).
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 4643 (UP 1988).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1988.
OCLC:
952123621

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