Śivasahasranāman, circa 1700-1850.
शिवसहस्रनामन्

Format:

• Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Śiva (Hindu deity).
• Siva (Hindu deity).
• Śaivism.
• Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Genre:

• hymns
• prayers (compositions)
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
• Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (38 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 19 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2534

Place of Publication:

• circa 1700-1850.
• १७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used in private or public recitation and prayer focusing on the praise and worship of the Hindu deity Śiva, presenting one thousand of the god's names. Text may identify itself as part of the Śivarahasya, a purāṇic-style work, though written as Śivarasya (f. 1r).

Notes:

• Title from title page (f. 1r).
• Written in 7 lines per leaf.
• 38 leaves foliated [i], 1-37, upper left and lower right verso.
• Mistakes covered in yellow.

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 1486 (UP 2534).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2534.

OCLC:

968935860