Rudranāmāvalī, circa 1700-1850.
रुद्रनामावली

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Bhaṭṭa Purāṇīka, Bālakṛṣṇa (Son of Nārāyaṇa)

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Rudra (Hindu deity).

Rudra.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śaivism.

Hinduism--Prayers and devotions.

Hinduism.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Tantrism.

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Prayers.

Devotional literature.

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 22 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2014

Other Title:

Rudramantravibhāgavidhi

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is a section of the Śivarayasya, a purāṇic-style, Tantric work. Text highlights the veneration of Śiva and especially his Vedic manifestation of Rudra, the Howler, through the employment of Vedic mantras. There is a post-colophon addition to the text (f. 10r-10v), also part of the Śivarayasya and dedicated to Rudra.

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in margins; alternate title Rudramantravibhāgavidhi from colophon (f. 10r).

Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.

10 leaves foliated 1-10, lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śivarahasyoktarudramaṃtravibhāgavidhisamāptaḥ // (f. 10r).

Scribe is Bālakṛṣṇa Bhaṭṭa Purāṇīka, son of Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa Purāṇīka (f. 10r).

Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; numerous corrections and additions in margins; accents to aid recitation in red.

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 4631 (UP 2014).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2014.

OCLC:

954003836