Śivārcanadīpikā, circa 1700-1850.
शिवार्चनदीपिका

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Śaivism.

Tantrism.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Hindu philosophy.

Śaiva Siddhānta.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (121 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2267

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Śaiva philosophical treatise and instructional work discussing and commenting on Śiva worship. Reference to Sadāśiva, a particular form of Śiva, suggests a possible relationship to the Śaivasiddhānta branch of Śaivism.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 123r).

Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.

121 leaves foliated 1-102, 105-123, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śivārcanadīpikāsamāptaḥ / śrīsāṃbasadāśivārpaṇam astu / iti śivaṃ (f. 123r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

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 4641 (UP 2267).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2267.

OCLC:

960909924