Gāyatrīsahasranāmastotra, circa 1700-1850.
गायत्रीसहस्रनामस्तोत्र

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu mantras.

Gāyatrī (Hindu deity).

Gāyatrī.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Uma (Hindu deity).

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Genre:

hymns

prayers (compositions)

dialogues

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (14 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2544

Other Title:

Gāyatrisahasra

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for private or public recitation and prayer in praise of the one thousand names associated with the Hindu goddess Gāyatrī. Presented as a dialogue between Umā and Maheśvara (i.e., Pārvatī and Śiva), suggesting the text's source may be from a Śaiva Purāṇa or a Tantric source such as the Rudrayāmala.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 13r); alternate title Gāyatrisahasra from title page (f. 14v).

Written in 9 lines per leaf.

14 leaves foliated 1-13, [i], lower right verso

Colophon: iti śrī umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde gāyatrīsahasranāmastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ // śubhaṃbhūyāt // (f. 13v).

Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse divisions, some numbers, words, and phrases highlighted in red; some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect the manuscript from insects.

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 1053 (UP 2544).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2544.

OCLC:

969358499