Śivamahimnastotra, circa 1700-1850.
शिवमहिम्नस्तोत्र

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śaivism.

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Tantrism.

Genre:

hymns

prayers (compositions)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (15 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2522

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript for private or public use, recitation, and prayer; hymns in honor of the Hindu deity Śiva. Text is a section from the Śivarahasya, a Tantric work.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 15v).

Written in 10-13 lines per leaf.

15 leaves foliated 1-15, upper left and lower right verso.

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

Colophon: iti śivarahaśye viṣṇukṛtaṃ śivamahimnastotrasaṃpūrṇaṃ (f. 15v).

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 4633 (UP 2522).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2522.

OCLC:

968933893