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Mahimnastotra, circa 1700-1850.
महिम्नस्तोत्र
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2500
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Puṣpadanta, active 10th century.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Śiva (Hindu deity).
- SÌiva (Hindu deity).
- Śaivism.
- Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
- Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
- Genre:
- hymns
- prayers (compositions)
- poems
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (12 leaves) : paper ; 8 x 14 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2500
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Small manuscript for private or public use, recitation, and prayer; a hymn in honor of the Hindu deity Śiva. Text identifies itself as a section from the Śivarahasya (f. 12v).
- Notes:
- Title from colophon.
- Written in 6 lines per leaf.
- 12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.
- Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect from insects.
- Colophon: iti śrīśivarahaśye puṣpadaṃtagaṃdhavarājaviracitaṃ mahimnākhyaṃ stotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 12v).
- 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 1705 (UP 2500).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2500.
- OCLC:
- 968936667
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